Henry Joseph Sytnik
MilitaryAssigned to 350BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Don Cielewich crew. 3 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Mannheim/Ludwigshaven in B-17 42-3413 'Hard Luck!' 14-Aug-44; Shot down by flak. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 7899
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33053006
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-559633
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-818603
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-703360
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35224797
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hard Luck !
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania | 27 April 1920 | |
Enlisted |
26 August 1943 | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 14 August 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
Other Discharged USAAF |
3 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
6 April 1988 | ||
Buried |
Calumet Park Cemetery Merrillville, Lake County, IN | 9 April 1988 | Calumet Park Cemetery Merrillville, Lake County, Indiana |
Based |
Thorpe Abbotts | 14 August 1944 | Assigned to 350BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Added an association to the 350th BS instead of the 350th Fighter Squadron.
Added an association to the 350th BS listed in the A/C #42-3413 description section.
Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Added an association to the A/C #42-3413 listed in the "Summary biography".
Added an association to the 100th BG.
100th Bomb Group Foundation Directory, 2000 - 2001, MACR 7899 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia