Carl J Bokina

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Object Number - UPL 25765

Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Training accident - Fatal crash Pound Farm Milden in P-47M 44-21194, 23-Mar-45. Killed in Training Accident (KITA).



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

31 August 1916

Enlisted

25 March 1942

Based

19 December 1944 - 23 March 1945 Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Promotion

16 March 1945 Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Other

Killed in Training Accident (KITA)

23 March 1945 Training accident - Fatal crash Pound Farm Milden in P-47M 44-21194, 23-Mar-45. Killed in Training Accident (KITA).

Buried

Calvary Cemetery Hatfield Hampshire County Massachusetts, USA

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/personnel.htm

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