Carl Aloysius Slivinski
MilitaryAssigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 24 combat missions. McVay crew. Failed to Return (FTR) night practice mission in B-17 42-31760 'Ikky-Poo' 6-Nov-44; failed to hear recall, landed Cottbus, Germany Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 10418
Awards: BS, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14075693 / O-803842
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lucky Lady : Screaming Eagle
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ikky Poo
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 561st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Shoo Shoo Baby
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Flak Evader
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Stormy Weather
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Dickson City, PA | 9 April 1923 | Son of Mary Slivinski. |
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Enlisted |
Wilkes Barre, PA | 21 January 1941 | Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania |
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Other Force landing POW |
Cottbus, Germany | 6 November 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) night practice mission in B-17 42-31760 'Ikky-Poo' 6-Nov-44; failed to hear recall, landed Cottbus, Germany POW MACR 10418 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 6 November 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
5 September 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Oviedo, FL | 19 July 2006 | |
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Buried |
Woodlawn Memorial Park Gotha, FL | 21 July 2006 | Woodlawn Memorial Park Gotha, Orange County, FL |
| Dumore, PA | |||
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Based |
Horham | 6 November 1944 | Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/image/544438402
https://www.fold3.com/record/10093274-carl-a-slivinski
https://www.fold3.com/record/83738719-carl-a-slivinski
https://www.fold3.com/record/629583011-carl-slivinski-1923
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160211736/carl-a-slivinski
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php