Ervin M Celichowski
Military ROLL OF HONOURNARA Ref 342-FH-3A10321-C61766AC
Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 360BG, 8AF USAAF. 29 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Merseburg in B-17 43-38705. Crashed near Leipzig, baled out successfully killed subsequently by civilians Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11199.
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-395681
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bomber pilot
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 21 November 1944
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Fort Harrison State Park, 6000 N. Post Road, Indianapolis, IN 46216, USA | 5 February 1942 | Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana USA |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Molesworth | 29 July 1944 | Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Died |
Leipzig, Germany | 21 November 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Merseburg in B-17 43-38705. Crashed near Leipzig, baled out successfully killed subsequently by civilians KIA. MACR 11199. |
South Bend, Indiana, USA | |||
Buried |
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial St Avold France | ||
Based |
Molesworth | 21 November 1944 | Transferred to 360BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF |
Born |
St Joseph County, IN, USA | Son of Constance M Celichowski. | |
Buried |
South Bend, IN, USA | Memorialised Saint Joseph Cemetery South Bend Indiana |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11199 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database