Military
Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 #42-38019, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
Andrew Tolmachoff was the youngest of eleven children born to Russian immigrant parents. After graduating from high school he had aspirations to be a major league baseball pitcher but the bombing of Pearl Harbor ended that dream. After enlisting...
Group
Constituted as 306th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 28 Jan 1942. Activated on 1 Mar 1942. Trained for combat with B-17's. Moved to England, Aug-Sep 1942, and assigned to Eighth AF Eighth Air Force in September 1942 Station 111 Thurleigh. During combat,...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 15/11/43; Grenier 12/12/43; Presque Is 14/12/43; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW- ] Thurleigh 21/1/44; Missing in Action Stettin 11/4/44 with Kurt Ahlstrom, Co-pilot: Nathan Bliss*, Navigator: Herb Ossusky, Bombardier: Delbert Chase, Flight...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Kingsburg, California, USA | |
| Prisoner of War (POW) | Germany | 11 April 1944 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 08 April 2020 02:05:54 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:18:03 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3677 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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