Edmund Zieba
Military
Object Number - UPL 82685 - S/Sgt Edmund Zieba
Assigned to 546BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Courtemanche crew. Completed 30 mission tour, Returned to USA.
Mission List: Bremen, Kiel, Frankfurt, Braunschweig, Wilhelmshaven, Frankfurt, Werl, Schweinfurt, Augsburg, Preuseville, Frankfurt, Berlin, Berlin, Oberpfaffenhofen, Oberpfaffenhofen, Oranienburg, Schweinfurt, Tours & Chartres, Dijon, Braunschweig, Marienburg, Sorau, Schweinfurt, Oranienburg, Kassel, Foret Nationale de Tournehem, Berlin, Berlin, Berlin, Thionville, Saarbrücken, Merseburg, Berlin, Berlin, Poznań.
Awards: AM (3OLC), EAME (3BS), WWII Victory.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Spirit of 96
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 547th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Battle Wagon
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
28 February 1921 | Born28 Feb 1921Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
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Based Completed Tour of Duty |
17 November 1943 - 28 July 1944 | BasedGrafton Underwood | |
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Other Discharged |
23 November 1944 | ||
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Died |
9 September 1999 | Edmund died in England while attending a reunion of his WWII Air Force unit.Kettering, England | |
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Buried |
24 September 1999 | InterredFort Snelling National CemeteryMinneapolis, Minnesota |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/616923330
https://www.fold3.com/record/62821516/edmund-zieba-us-social-security-death-index
https://www.fold3.com/record/710689656/zieba-edmund-us-veterans-gravesites-ca1775-2019
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1360519/edmund-zieba
https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=4406
Added an Association to “Grafton Underwood”, the home base of the 384th BG.
Added S/N & Rank per info on 384th BG website.
Additional details from:
http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=4406
8th AF News, June 2000, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
