Michael Krivonak
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 854BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Hannover in B-24 'Scarface' 42-95007 26-Nov-44; shot down by fighters near Deckbergen. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 9737
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19137848 / O-771205
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Scarsace
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Central City, PA | 10 May 1922 | Son of Joseph and Eva Krivonak. |
Enlisted |
Miami Beach, FL | 20 February 1943 | Miami Beach, Florida |
Died |
Deckbergen, Germany | 26 November 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Hannover in B-24 'Scarface' 42-95007 26-Nov-44; shot down by fighters near Deckbergen. KIA MACR 9737 |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Metfield | 26 November 1944 | |
Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Neupre, Belgium Plot D Row 4 Grave 7 | |
Bridgeport, Fairfield, CT | Draft registration:- Employed at Vought Sikorsky Aircraft Division, Fairfield, Connecticut |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11159 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database