Norman Joseph Huschka
MilitaryRoger Freeman Collection
Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Isigny, France in B-26 41-31954, A/C hit by flak engine ablaze, bombs salvoed and bale out ordered, baled out Prisoner of War (POW). 9-May-44. MACR 4478.
Awards: PH, 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: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-732562
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bomber pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Great Saling
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Ellinwood, KS 67526, USA | 21 November 1920 | |
Other Shot down / baled out |
14230 Isigny, France | 9 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Isigny, France in B-26 41-31954, A/C hit by flak engine ablaze, bombs salvoed and bale out ordered, baled out POW. 9-May-44. MACR 4478. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 9 May 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Died |
Great Bend, KS 67530, USA | 21 February 1997 | |
Based |
Andrews Field | 9 May 1944 | Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Great Bend, KS 67530, USA | Hillcrest Memorial Park Great Bend Barton County Kansas, USA |
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