John Kozey Jr
Military
MACR 3052
Object Number - UPL 35345 - Statement of F/O Steven Gerick (from MACR 3052)
After being damaged by fighters on a bomber support mission to Brunswick, Germany on 15 Mar 1944, P-47D 42-22456 crashed near Quackenbruck after the pilot, Lt John Kozey Jr, baled out. Prisoner of War (POW). Promoted to Major, John stayed in the Air Force and was in the 4th Fighter Interception Group/336th Fighter Interception Squadron in Korea in 1952. In 1968, with the rank of Lt Colonel, he was Commander of the 459th Tactical Airlift Squadron at the Phù Cát airbase in Viet Nam.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Liberty Belle
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 61st Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 15 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Holton
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
23 November 1920 | New York | |
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Enlisted |
12 October 1942 | Rochester, New York | |
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Other baled out |
15 March 1944 | of his stricken P-47 Serial 42-22530 - captured near Quackenburg, Germany | |
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Other Prisoner of War |
15 March 1944 | Interned at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan, Poland. Force-marched to Stalag 7A Moosburg. Liberated there on 29 April 1945. NARA POW records : "Returned to Military Control 23 June 1945." | |
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Died |
17 July 1997 | Corning, Steuben County, New York | |
| Steuben County, New York | |||
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Buried |
John Kozey Jr rests at the Saint Mary's Greek Orthodox Cemetery in South Corning, Steuben County, New York |
Revisions
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
VETARANS Administration BIRLS records
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3052, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces