Matthew Joseph McEntee Jr

Military

Object Number - UPL 57475

Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew 35 x combat missions. ETD





Awards: DFC, BS, AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

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

People

Floyd C Alford

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Charles R Kupsky

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner ; Flight Engineer

Merle L Lindsey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Edward E Madigan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Arthur J Niemczyk

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16116288
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

43-38346

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Excelsior
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Hoboken, NJ 6 October 1917 Son of Matthew Joseph and Mary [Foley] McEntee.

Died

Newport, RI 2 December 2002

Buried

Saint Columba Catholic Cemetery, Middletown, Newport County, RI 7 December 2002 Saint Columba Catholic Cemetery Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island

Based

Horham Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php

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