Walter J Kozicki

Military
media-17980.jpeg UPL 17980 Capt. Walter J. Kozicki, 376th Fighter Squadron. Bottisham, Cambridgeshire, 1944.
Museum object reference no. BAM_0112 Bottisham Airfield Museum

Bottisham Airfield Museum

Object Number - UPL 17980 - Capt. Walter J. Kozicki, 376th Fighter Squadron. Bottisham, Cambridgeshire, 1944. Museum object reference no. BAM_0112

Crashed near Villarche on 4 Jun 44 in P-51 43-6498. Evaded capture until returned to Allied control on 31 August 11944

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 361st Fighter Group 374th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Evaded

Nanterre, France 4 June 1944 - 31 August 1944

Died

McHenry, IL, USA 30 January 1983

Buried

McHenry, IL, USA 3 February 1983 Saint Marys Cemetery McHenry McHenry County Illinois, USA

Born

Philadelphia, PA, USA 1136 Highland Avenue

Revisions

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ContributorEmily
Changes
Sources

Escape and Evasion Report Information provided by Alexandre Berty, relative of Pierre and Louis Berty who helped Kozicki to evade capture.

Date
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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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Contributor466thHistorian
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findagrave.com

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5519 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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