Bernard P Papeika
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 9 November 1942 in B-17 #41-24509 'Miss Swoose' while serving as Radio Operator. Aircraft shot down by AA fire and crashed into the sea near the target, St. Nazaire, France, Killed in Action (KIA).
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Miss Swoose
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 9 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Brittany Cemetary
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 9 November 1942 | Killed by AA fire. Aircraft crashed into the sea near St. Nazaire, France. His remains were never recovered. |
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Born |
Plains, Pennsylvania | ||
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Other Commemorated |
Saint-James, France | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Brittany American Cemetery. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 26-Nov-2014. Edited description and KIA event per MACR 16010; added Commemoration event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record.
Lee Cunningham 31-Oct-2014. Missing Air Crew Report 16010; American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC)
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16010 / MACR 16010,Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 45, First Over Germany pg. 43-44, http://www.wwiimemorial.com / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / http://www.306bg.org/crewphotos/Crew%20Pictures%20Adam-Rector/Crew%20Pi…
