Raymond A Slominski
MilitaryShot down 20 December 1942 in B-17F 41-24452 while serving as Ball Turret Gunner. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O438025
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 8 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems an der Donau, Austria | 20 December 1942 - 20 September 1945 | Held at Stalag 17B, Braunau-Gneikendorf, near Krems, Austria. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 20-Sep-45. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 4-Dec-2014. Edited biography with crew position per MACR 16243.
Lee Cunningham 4-Dec-2014. Added POW event data per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; SN and crew position per MACR 16243; Connections to Place and Mission within existing website data.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16243 / MACR 16243, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Hey and Bishop p.54 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database