Peter Gudyka
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Taken from crew photos of the Silver Dollar found on the 384th Bomb Group Website
http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=3329
Object Number - UPL 29926 - Crew of the Silver Dollar
Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #56 dated 25 July 1943. Bombs from the 'High Group' knocked the tail section off B-17G #42-37781 'Silver Dollar' and crashed near Osdorf on a mission to Berlin on 9 Mar 1944. Killed in Action (KIA)/Missing in Action (MIA) MACR 3005
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Units served with
People
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sissy
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Frostie : Mrs FDR
- Unit: 544th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Missions
- Date: 6 February 1944
- Date: 5 February 1944
- Date: 4 February 1944
- Date: 3 February 1944
- Date: 30 January 1944
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died Missing in Action (MIA) |
Berlin, Germany | 9 March 1944 | Lost after bombs away when bombs from high group (379BG) hit this aircraft, knocking tail completely off in front of stabilizer; aircraft dived straight down into a spin with all four engines going; no chutes observed. MACR 3005 |
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Born |
Pe Ell, WA, USA | ||
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Other Memorialized |
Margraten, The Netherlands | Memorial: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands: Tablets of the Missing |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3005, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…