Philip James Krystyniak

Military
media-6381.jpeg UPL 6381 Erwin H. Sorensen Crew
Crew #674 & #489
466th BG
786th and 784th BS

Standing Left to Right: Erwin H. Sorensen (P), Joseph Goldman (CP), Ned Whitman (B), Donald J. Doll (N)

Kneeling Left to Right: Norman Bastoky (G), Chester Havrick (R/O), Vohn D. Schmidt (G), Phillip J. Krystyniak (FE), Merrill Lee (G), Carl D. Peterson (G)

Ned Whitman left the crew before they joined the 466th BG.

This crew flew eight missions with the786th BS and then 12 missions as a lead crew with the 784th BS before hostilities ended. 466th Bomb Group collection

Corrected "Norman Bastaky" to "Norman Bastoky". This is my grandfather. I have a copy of this photo with signatures on the back.

Object Number - UPL 6381 - Erwin H. Sorensen Crew Crew #674 & #489 466th BG 786th and 784th BS Standing Left to Right: Erwin H. Sorensen (P), Joseph Goldman (CP), Ned...

Assigned 786BS, 466BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew 20 x combat missions, including 12 as a lead crew with 784BS.



Awards: AM (2OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (1 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

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

People

Erwin Henry Sorensen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-706007
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Attlebridge

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

New Waverly, TX, USA 30 May 1922 Son of John Joseph and Pelagia 'Lena' [Grzegorek] Krystyniak.

Enlisted

Houston, TX, USA 21 October 1942 Houston, Texas

Other

466th BG Combat Tour

Attlebridge, Norwich, UK 10 December 1944 - 25 April 1945 20 combat missions, including 12 as a lead crew

Died

Houston, TX, USA 15 June 1995

Buried

Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery Houston, Harris County, TX 18 June 1995 Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery Houston, Texas, USA
Walker County, TX, USA

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"Attlebridge Arsenal" - Brassfield & Wassom, page 230

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466th BG Historian

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, page 347

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