Michael Krivonak

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned 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

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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

Events

Event Location Date Description

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

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Sources

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