Joseph S Waydak

Military
media-14252.jpeg UPL 14252 334th Fighter Squadron crew chiefs pose with (then) Lt. "Steve" Pisano's P-47 Thunderbolt "Miss Plainfield.
Sitting on wing L-R: Leroy P. Hadden, Joseph S. Waydak, Walter F. Hughes, Paul G. Fox and Howard L. Shelley.
Standing L-R: Jeremiah M. Conway, John Kennedy, Robert J. Kellett, Edward G. Nelson, Wallace E. Durham, Walter Gukeisen, Geoarge Fite and Steve Veg Bali.
Kneeling L-R: Wallace C. Carrier and Donald E. Allen.

Personal research & 'The Debden Eagles' by Garry L. Fry.

Object Number - UPL 14252 - 334th Fighter Squadron crew chiefs pose with (then) Lt. "Steve" Pisano's P-47 Thunderbolt "Miss Plainfield. Sitting on wing L-R: Leroy P. Hadden,...

Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Salem Representative
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 21 June 1944
  • Official Description:

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Indiana, USA 18 October 1914 Son of Steve Waydak.

Enlisted

Michigan, USA 12 May 1942

Based

Debden 9 December 1942 - 26 August 1945 Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Promotion

Debden, Loughton IG10 3SW, UK 1 May 1943 Promoted to Tech Sergeant.

Other

Operation Frantic III

Russia 21 June 1944 - 3 July 1944 Participated in Operation FRANTIC II, the Russia Shuttle mission.

Other

Discharged USAF

28 February 1969 Honouarable discharge.

Died

Riverside, CA, USA 1 April 2005
Owosso, MI 48867, USA

Revisions

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Personal research & 'The Debden Eagles' by Garry L. Fry.

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'1000 Destroyed' by Capt. Grover C. Hall, Jr. / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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