Reino Oswald Jylkka

Military
media-53969.png UPL 53969 2nd Lt Reino O. Jylkka, 384BG

Object Number - 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

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

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

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Removed redundant info from Buried event.

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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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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

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