Steve Michael Zubay

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Anna M (Zubay) Troya

Object Number - UPL 50684 - Steven Michael Zubay

Assigned to 577BS, 392BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Kiel in B-24 42-7479 'War Horse' 4-Jan-44; Shot down, plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1909





Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 392nd Bomb Group.

392nd Bomb Group

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

People

Clyde Wix Rigby

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19073211 / O-743208
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

An arirman of the 392nd Bomb Group with a B-24 Liberator nicknamed "War Horse". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'War Horse, 392BG.'

42-7479

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: War Horse
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Leechburg, PA 1 March 1921 Son of John Frank and Anne Frances [Huska] Zubay.

Enlisted

Killed in Action (KIA)

Pittsburgh, PA, USA 22 July 1942 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Died

North Sea 4 January 1944 Killed in Action (KIA). Shot down 4-Jan-44 in B-24 42-7479 'War Horse'. Target Kiel, Germany. Plane crashed into North Sea.
Leechburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Buried

Cambridge American Cemetery Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK

Based

Wendling 4 January 1944 Assigned to 577BS, 392BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Anna M Zubay Troya

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Anna M (Zubay) Troya

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Additional information updated by Anna M (Zubay) Troya.

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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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ABMC, MACR 1909, Losses of 8th AF / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1909 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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