Milan R Zeman

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down by 3 x Fw190's stayed with pilot and nose gunner to maintain control and enable crew to bail 29-Apr-44 in B-24 41-28759. Killed in Action (KIA).



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 392nd Bomb Group.

392nd Bomb Group

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

People

Fred C Shere

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20938904 / O-745956
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-28759

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pennsylvania, USA 20 August 1924 Son of Stephen and Elizabeth [Nemcek] Zeman.

Enlisted

Pittsburgh, PA, USA 22 October 1942 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Died

49626 Bippen, Germany 29 April 1944 Shot down by 3 x Fw190's stayed with pilot and nose gunner to maintain control and enable crew to bale 29-Apr-44 in B-24 41-28759. KIA.

Buried

Killed in Action (KIA)

Achmer, Germany 30 April 1944 Interred Achmer, cemetery Germany
Avalon, Pennsylvania, USA

Buried

Wilcox Cemetery Little Falls Herkimer County NY Re-Interred Wilcox Cemetery Little Falls Herkimer County New York, USA.

Based

Wendling 29 April 1944 Assigned to 577BS, 392BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4462 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Wall of Valor Form, MACR 4462