Paul P Kasza

Military

B-24 42-40478 hit by flak and German JU-88 May 29 1944 in special operations mission. Plane caught fire and crew bailed out over Belgium. Evaded.

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Units served with

A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 801st Bomb Group 406th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cleveland, Ohio 14 January 1921

Other

Evaded Capture. Returned

29 May 1944

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MACR 5294 - https://www.fold3.com/image/28628090;
801st BG Roster, http://www.801492.org/MainMenu.htm
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Combat Chronology Supplement p.539 They Flew at Night by Col. Fish pp.124-132 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia