Reino Oswald Jylkka
Military
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UPL 53969
2nd Lt Reino O. Jylkka, 384BG
Assigned to 545th 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Solingen. Shot down 1-Dec-43 in B-17 41-24557 'Damn Yankees'. Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: AM (OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-796910
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Damn Yankee
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Fitchburg, MA | 14 April 1916 | |
Enlisted |
Hartford, CT | 3 February 1941 | Hartford, Connecticut |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 1 December 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
Died |
Glastonbury, CT | 2 March 1998 | |
Buried |
Green Cemetery Glastonbury, Hartford County, CT | 5 March 1998 | Green Cemetery Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut |
Other Assigned |
Grafton Underwood | 1 December 1943 | Assigned to 545th 384BG, 8AF USAAF |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1334 / MACR 1334, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database