John Stanley Spirodek

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media-37611.jpeg UPL 37611 TSGT John Stanley Spirodek
Radio Operator
Robert Murgatroyd Crew
401st BG - 613th BS
KIA 20 July 1944

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Object Number - UPL 37611 - TSGT John Stanley Spirodek Radio Operator Robert Murgatroyd Crew 401st BG - 613th BS KIA 20 July 1944

Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 12 x combat missions. Shot down 20-Jul-44 in B-17 42-31037 "Pistol Packin' Mama". Killed in Action (KIA). Noted in MACR to have passed out (Anoxia) and so been attached by static line and thrown out by crewmates and possibly been killed by civilians. MACR 7545

Awards: PH.

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Units served with

401st Bomb Group

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

613th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Kenneth Robert Murgatroyd

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-757248
Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-31037

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Pistol Packin Mama
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

44-6129

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Missions

B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 351st Bomb Group, including (RQ-P, serial number 42-97193) and (serial number 43-37920) fly through flak bursts during a mission. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Thoison '557' took pic 20/7/44. Star Duster DS-L MIA 6/8/44.'

484

Date: 20 July 1944

476

Date: 16 July 1944

471

Date: 13 July 1944

Nine men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a Air Force bomber plane. Four men standing in rear and five men kneeling in front

455

Date: 6 July 1944

441

Date: 25 June 1944

Places

Bomber crews from the 401st Bomb Group look over P-51 Mustang, FT-T, serial number 43-12172, of the 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, at Deenethorpe airfield. One of their B-17 Flying Fortresses is in the background. Printed caption on reverse of print: '...401st Bomb Group look over a North American P-51 Mustang at an 8th Air Force base in England, 27 December 1943.'

Deenethorpe

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Benefield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Cook County, IL	13 January 1923	Son of Piotr A Sr and Amalia,[Jarecki] Spirodek.
	Chicago, Illinois	29 June 1942	3620 N. Cornilea Avenue Worked for Chicago Flexible Shaft Co.
Based 401st BG Combat Tour	Deenethorpe	12 June 1944 - 20 July 1944	Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.
Died	Weimar, Germany	20 July 1944	Shot down 20-Jul-44 in B-17 42-31037 'Pistol Packin' Mama'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 7545
Buried	Weimar, Germany	25 July 1944	Interred Weimar cemetery.
Buried	Saint Adalbert Catholic Cemetery Niles, Cook County, IL	29 January 1949	Re-Interred Saint Adalbert Catholic Cemetery Niles, Cook County, Illinois