Military
S/Sgt John M Zylka Jr :- Purple Heart award card. 491BG.
S/Sgt John M Zylka Jr :- Air medal award card. 491BG.
Assigned to 854BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD
Awards: AM (4OLC), PH (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (3 x Battle Stars).
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 491st Bomb Group
Assigned to 854BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD
"I'd heard many times that the name they gave the plane was: 'The Gripes of Wrath'."
Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (5OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (3 x Battle Stars).
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Group
The 491st Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators in bombing missions over northern France and Germany from June 1944 until April 1945. Missions over Germany included bombing the headquarters of the German General Staff at Zossen. The Group was awarded a DUC...
Squadron
Military site : airfield
Built during 1942-43 as an Eighth Air Force bomber base, Metfield had three concrete runways, 39 pan plus 15 loop hardstandings, and two dispersed T2 hangars. It was first occupied by the 353rd Fighter Group, equipped with P-47s, from August 1943 to...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Wisconsin | 25 March 1925 |
| Enlisted | 1942 | |
| Based | Metfield | 1944 – 1945 |
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Assigned to 854BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Discharged USAAF | October 1945 | |
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Honourable discharge. |
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| Died | West Bend, WI | 25 May 1999 |
| Buried | Holy Cross Cemetery and Mausoleum Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI | 28 May 1999 |
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Holy Cross Cemetery and Mausoleum |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 04 October 2021 21:25:45 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, suffix, biography, awards and events |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/686193370 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 04 October 2021 21:10:59 | Al_Skiff | Changes to service number, highest rank, unit associations and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/686193370 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:16:28 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / WWW.491st.org roster |
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