Eugene Stanley Budzbanowski
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Rear L-R: S/Sgt Eugene S Budzbanowski, 2Lt Joseph D McGovern Jr, 1Lt Charles B Miller, S/Sgt Richard E Ratley.
Front L-R: S/Sgt Leslie G Thibodeau, T/Sgt John Ellis Lower, 2Lt Stephen W Mitrick, S/Sgt Bernard J Shaw, 2Lt Kenneth M Kelley.
Object Number - UPL 38010 - "Crew of the 563rd Bomb Squadron, 388th Bomb Group, beside the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Pegasus, Too'. England, 8 February 1944." Rear L-R:...
Assigned to 563BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. 31 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Warnemunde in B-17 42-107076; Hit by flak, crashed into sea seven miles SE of Nykobing, near Boto, Denmark. 9-Apr-44 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3656
Awards: AM, PH (OLC).
Connections
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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: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-799888
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 9 April 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Wisconsin, USA | 16 June 1921 | |
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Enlisted |
Chicago, IL | 1 October 1942 | Chicago, Illinois. |
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Died |
7 miles SE of Nykobing, Denmark | 9 April 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Warnemunde in B-17 42-107076; Hit by flak, crashed into sea. 9-Apr-44 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3656 |
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Buried |
Wieck Ruegen, Germany | 27 May 1944 | Interred Wieck Ruegen cemetery |
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Buried |
Rock Island National Cemetery Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL | Re-Interred Rock Island National Cemetery Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois Plot E - 291 | |
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Based |
Knettishall | 9 April 1944 | Assigned to 563BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3656
