Chester John Padlo

Military
media-55462.jpeg UPL 55462 S/Sgt Chester J Padlo

https://www.hackettmetcalf.com/obituaries/Chester-Padlo/

Object Number - UPL 55462 - S/Sgt Chester J Padlo

Assigned to 351BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin 24-May-44 in in B-17 42-31306 'Nelson King'; shot down by fighters, crashed Ostprignitz. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5165



Awards: AM, PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Emil Junior Siewert

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-813794
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-31306

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Nelson King
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Detroit, Michigan, USA 19 May 1923 Son of Frank and Francis Padlo.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 24 May 1944 - 7 February 1945 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Baled out POW

Ostprignitz, Germany 24 May 1944 Baled out, wounded. Rescued from pitch fork wielding farmer by German soldier. POW

Died

29 April 2014

Based

Thorpe Abbotts 24 May 1944 Assigned to 351BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Saint Hedwig Cemetery Dearborn Heights, Wayne County, MI Saint Hedwig Cemetery Dearborn Heights, Wayne County, Michigan

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/236448148/chester-john-padlo

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https://100thbg.com/index.php?option=com_bombgrp&view=personnel&Itemid=…

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https://www.fold3.com/image/28632882
https://www.fold3.com/image/660501050
https://www.100thbg.com/index.php?option=com_bombgrp&view=personnel&Ite…
https://www.hackettmetcalf.com/obituaries/Chester-Padlo/
https://www.sonsoflibertymuseum.org/pows/padlo-chester-p464857632.cfm
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/236448148/chester-john-padlo

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # 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 5165 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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