Paul A Stralka Jr

Military

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A B-24D Liberator 'Carpetbagger' - extensively modified for specialised operations - taxiis on the perimeter track at Harrington airfield. Printed caption on reverse: 'A Carpetbagger B-24D taxiing on the perimeter at Harrington. Photo - "Red" Monaghan.'

492nd Bomb Group

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

801st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-95170

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 801st Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron

Places

Buchenwald

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Konzentrationslager Buchenwald

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Rhode Island, USA

Other

arrested by Gestapo Paris

England 14 July 1944 1944-07-05: landed, hid and sheltered by a doctor near Dreux (28) France. 1944-07-13. arrested by Gestapo when driven by that doctor to Paris for a plane to go back England. Stopped on the way by 2 german motorcycles. By the way, One of them shot down that doctor.

Revisions

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ContributorEmily
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Sources

Brought together information from duplicate record to include information from 490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6774, http://www.801492.org/MainMenu.htm

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Contributorxiaolong
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Sources

https://www.buchenwaldairmen.info/usaaf-2/stralka%2C-paul-anthony-jr

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Contributorxiaolong
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https://www.buchenwaldairmen.info/usaaf-2/stralka%2C-paul-anthony-jr

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

MACR 6774 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database