Joseph Bzdelik
Military
Object Number - UPL 22614 - Pilots of 5th ERS photographed on 9 March 1945. From L-R: Rear Row; Lt. Samuel T Korodi, Lt. Peter [NMI] Voninski, Lt. Dwight E Murkley, Lt. James B...
Assigned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF.
Transferred to 363FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF.
Transferred to 555FTS, 496FTG, 8AF USAAF.
Transferred to 495FTG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
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Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Chicago, Cook County, IL, USA | 25 February 1921 | Son of Joseph and Anna Bzdelik. |
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Enlisted |
Chicago, IL, USA | 10 December 1942 | Chicago, Illinois |
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Based |
Duxford | 29 July 1944 - 5 November 1944 | Assigned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Based |
Leiston | 5 November 1944 | Tranferred to 363FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Based |
Goxhill | 23 January 1945 | Tranferred to 495FTG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
19 November 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Mount Prospect, IL | 10 January 1997 | |
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Based |
Goxhill | 23 January 1945 | Tranferred to 555FTS, 496FTG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- EAGLES OF DUXFORD, The 78th Fighter Group in WW2 by Fry, p133
ContributorAl_Skiff
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