Harold B Koukol
MilitaryWaist gunner B-17 #42-30284 ditched in Bay of Biscay on 28-Jun-43. Returned to base. RTD
B-17 #42-30219, hit by fighters, battle damaged, Oschersleben 28-Jul-43; oxygen and intercom shot out, Koukol 1 of 3 crew who baled out. POW. MACR 215. A/C crash landed at Framlingham with no crew injuries.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-791163
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 28 July 1943
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
6 March 1921 | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems an der Donau Austria | 28 July 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XVIIb. |
Other Baled out POW |
Oschersleben, Germany | 28 July 1943 | B-17 #42-30219, hit by fighters, battle damaged, Oschersleben 28-Jul-43; oxygen and intercom shot out, Koukol 1 of 3 crew who baled out. POW. MACR 215. |
Other Discharged USAF |
31 July 1962 | Honourable discharge | |
Died |
Rye, Colorado | 13 August 1997 | |
Buried |
Rye, Colorado | 16 August 1997 | Brookside Cemetery |
Enlisted |
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Based |
Horham | 28 July 1943 | Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Corrected a typo in the A/C "Description" - "discharge" was misspelled.
Added Some Punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 204, MACR 0215