Michael Louis Vlahos

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-45462.jpeg UPL 45462 1st Lt Michael L Vlahos, 368BS, 306BG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 45462 - 1st Lt Michael L Vlahos, 368BS, 306BG.

Assigned to 368BS, 308BG, 8AF USAAF. Dean Allen crew. 28 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Gelsenkirchen in B-17 42-97946 'Hard To Get' 26-Aug-44. Crashed at Budberg. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8464



Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-759675
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hard T' Get
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Springfield, OH 12 May 1921 Son of Louis J and Katrina [Mitchell] Vlahos.

Enlisted

Springfield, OH 26 October 1942 Springfield, Ohio

Other

Training

Keesler Field, Biloxi, MS 27 February 1943 Training at Keesler Field, Mississippi.

Died

Budberg, Germany 26 August 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Gelsenkirchen in B-17 42-97946 'Hard To Get' 26-Aug-44. Crashed at Budberg. KIA MACR 8464

Buried

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium Block D, Row 26, Grave 16

Based

Thurleigh 26 August 1944 Assigned to 368BS, 308BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Training

Memphis State College, Memphis, TN Training at Memphis State College, Memphis, Tennessee.

Other

Training

Ellington Field, Houston, TX Training at Ellington Field, TX.

Other

Specialist Training

Big Spring, TX Big Spring Flying School, Big Spring, Texas, class 43-18.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8464 / MACR 8464, First Over Germany pg. 269,

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