Edward Kostecki
MilitaryShot down 23 November 1942 in B-17 41-24478 while serving as Ball Turret Gunner. Killed in Action (KIA).
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
Missions
- Date: 23 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Piriac-sur-Mer, France | 23 November 1942 | Was unable to exit the aircraft and died when it crashed. |
Buried |
Saint-James, France | Originally buried by the Germans in the English Cemetery at Escoublac, France. After the war his remains were moved to the Brittany American Cemetery, Plot J, Row 18, Grave 20. |
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 2-Dec-2014. Added KIA event per MACT 15392; edited Burial details per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Satan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE and American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record.
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 7-Nov-2014. MACR 15392; American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC)
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15392 , Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. One by Bishop and Hey, p. 48