Edward A Cytarzynski

Military

Co-pilot, Sample crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29854 'Ole Flak Sack'. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany. MACR 1395. 2Lt Sample bailed out as the aircraft began to spin and landed near Diepholtz, Germany. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft I.

Pennsylvania

Listed as Cytrarzynski on NARA records.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-724059
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16046538
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Togglier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19054793
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-672444
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Prisoner of War

8 October 1943 Stalag Luft I

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Added an Association to “Ridgewell”, the home base of the 381st BG.

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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999, MACR 1395 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx

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MACR 1395 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database