James R Korecky
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Sent through to the museum by James R Korecky's niece, Sherry.
Object Number - UPL 21085 - James R Korecky.
James R Korecky served as a pilot with the 364th Fighter Group.
On a local training flight from Goxhill on 13 March 1944, Korecky was flying P-38J #42-67686, which landed long, blew a tire and ran off the runway. Korecky returned to service (RTD).
On 30 July 1944, when assigned to the 364th Fighter Group, James Korecky died when his P-51D stalled and collided with a parked B-17G #42-107226 on take-off at Honington.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Aircraft
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Peoria, IL, USA | 28 May 1942 | 2 years of college, civilian occupation listed as 'actor', single. |
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Other Commissioned as Second Lieutenant |
7 February 1944 | ||
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Other Promoted from Second to First Lieutenant |
2 June 1944 | ||
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Died |
Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk IP31, UK | 30 July 1944 | |
| 1905 Wenonah Avenue, Berwyn, IL 60402, USA | Exact dates not yet known. He was the son of James and Mae, brother of Milton and George. | ||
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Buried |
Woodlawn Cemetery, 7750 Cermak Road, Forest Park, IL 60130, USA | ||
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Born |
Illinois, USA |
Revisions
For more details of the long landing at Goxhill, see Bomber County Aviation Resource website: http://www.bcar.org.uk/1944-incident-logs
Combined two entries for James R Korecky into a single entry. This entry now includes information from the following sources:
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
Other sources used:
Enlistment record: http://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=929&mtch=1&cat=all&tf=…
Findagrave record: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=korecky&GSbyrel=a…;
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces
