Stanley A Chmielecki

Military
media-28412.jpeg UPL 28412 MACR 2722, Page 15 National Archives and Records Administration

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Object Number - UPL 28412 - MACR 2722, Page 15

Shot down by enemy aircraft in B-17 #42-31397 on 25 Feb 1944 on a mission to Regensburg, GR. A/C crashed S of Klagenfurt, Austria. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-31397

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 301st Bomb Group 353rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft VI

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft VI, Heydekrug

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 25 February 1944 Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug (Closed) Moved to Stalag 4 Grosstychow East Prussia 54-20

Revisions

Date31 Jul 2020 19:10:45
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to place associations
Sources

Added a connection to Stalag Luft Vl per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Date19 Mar 2020 22:05:39
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to events
Sources

Added a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Date19 Mar 2020 22:03:15
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to service number, role, biography and aircraft associations
Sources

Added the S/N, role & A/C connection from the MACR photo attached to the person in this record.
Added info about the “Regensburg, GR mission” to the "Summary biography" - gleaned the info from the MACR 2722.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:25:17
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…

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