Anthony Joseph Kosierowski
MilitaryRemoved association to 42-31370. This image was published 15 November 1943, and as per aircraft biography 42-31370 was delivered to the 385th Bomb Group on 24 November 1943, at least 9 days after this image was taken.
Assigned to 549BS, 385BG, 8AF USAAF. Served in the European theatre with the 385BG from Jun-43 to Feb-45. During this time, he completed 33 combat missions, operating as a tail gunner and bomb assessment photographer flying in the famous B-17 bomber. He participated in the air offensive - Europe, Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, and Ardennes Campaigns, and was awarded the Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Distinguished Unit Badge with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster. Records indicate that in every completed mission, his plane never returned with all four engines operative.
Awards: AM (4OLC), 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
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Plains, Luzerne County, PA | 7 June 1922 | Son of Peter and Pauline [Niemiec] Kosierowski. |
Enlisted |
Wilkes Barre, PA | 27 October 1942 | Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania |
Died |
27 September 2012 | ||
Buried |
Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery Plains, Luzerne County, PA | Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery Plains, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania | |
Based |
Great Ashfield | Assigned to 549BS, 385BG, 8AF USAAF. |