Max M Cisek

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Bombardier, Canelake crew. 381st BG, 534th BS. Shot down 20 December 1943 in B-17 #42-5845 'Whale Tail'. Mission #51 to the submarine pens at Bremen, Germany. MACR 1724. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge AMC.

Bellwood, IL

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

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

People

John V Avrett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34449699
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Francis N Belgrasch

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13045574
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Jesse S Boston

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-685380
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Richard W Brown

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37009828
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Leo Canelake

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-742960
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-5845

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Whale Tail II
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chicago, IL, USA 27 August 1919

Died

20 December 1943

Buried

Tablets of the Missing

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56288562/max-m-cisek

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ContributorARowe95
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ARowe95

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 1724 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia