Walter J Kozicki
Military
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UPL 17980
Capt. Walter J. Kozicki, 376th Fighter Squadron. Bottisham, Cambridgeshire, 1944.
Museum object reference no. BAM_0112 Bottisham Airfield Museum
Museum object reference no. BAM_0112 Bottisham Airfield Museum
Bottisham Airfield Museum
Crashed near Villarche on 4 Jun 44 in P-51 43-6498. Evaded capture until returned to Allied control on 31 August 11944
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 361st Fighter Group 374th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Evaded |
Nanterre, France | 4 June 1944 - 31 August 1944 | |
Died |
McHenry, IL, USA | 30 January 1983 | |
Buried |
McHenry, IL, USA | 3 February 1983 | Saint Marys Cemetery McHenry McHenry County Illinois, USA |
Born |
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Philadelphia, PA, USA | 1136 Highland Avenue |
Revisions
ContributorEmily
Changes
Sources
Escape and Evasion Report Information provided by Alexandre Berty, relative of Pierre and Louis Berty who helped Kozicki to evade capture.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5519 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database