Clifford F Holske Jr

Military
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Object Number - UPL 49036 - Capt Clifford F Holske Jr

Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down in combat with enemy fighters. Crashed at Vardinghold on 17-Sep-44 in P-51 44-14054. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 8986.



Awards: AM, PH, POW, WWII Victory.



Post War: Retired from the USAF as a Lieutenant Colonel.

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Units served with

Aircraft

44-14054

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron

44-14137

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Suzanne
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

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

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Jersey City, NJ 10 September 1922 Son of Clifford F Sr and Margarita Holske.

Enlisted

Nashville Ac Facilities, Tennessee 5 March 1942 Nashville Ac Facilities, Tennessee

Other

Assigned

Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK 12 June 1944 - 17 September 1944 Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 17 September 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III.

Other

Shot down

Netherlands 17 September 1944 Shot down in combat with enemy fighters. Crashed at Vardinghold on 17-Sep-44 in P-51 44-14054. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 8986.

Died

Las Vegas, NV, USA 12 December 2007

Buried

Desert Memorial Park Ridgecrest Kern County CA 15 December 2007 Desert Memorial Park Ridgecrest Kern County California, USA.
New York, NY, USA

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

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https://www.fold3.com/record/83560932/clifford-f-holske-jr-wwii-army-en…
http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/335_h…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75043155/clifford-f-holske

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- Ted Damick , VIII Fighter Command pilots list;
- http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/pilots.html

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmacr.asp?MACR=8986
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Holske&GSfn=cliff…;

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8986 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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