Michael W Miskewich

Military
Personnel of the 491st Bomb Group at a mission briefing. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Final Briefing Rhine Supply Mission 3-24-45. Capt Miskewich facing in cap, think in the jacket in foreground- Reed.' media-380912.jpg FRE 2107 Personnel of the 491st Bomb Group at a mission briefing. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Final Briefing Rhine Supply Mission 3-24-45. Capt Miskewich facing in cap, think in the jacket in foreground- Reed.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 2107 - Personnel of the 491st Bomb Group at a mission briefing. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Final Briefing Rhine Supply Mission 3-24-45. Capt Miskewich...

Assigned to 855BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. He served in the United States Army/Air Force and attained the rank of Lt. Col., receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross. He was on active duty from 1941 until 1945, and retired from the Air Force Reserve in 1968.



Awards: DFC, AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chicopee, MA 8 May 1918 Son of Wasil W and Elizabeth [Hotz] Miskewich.

Enlisted

Springfield, MA 12 March 1941 Springfield, Massachusetts

Died

Tampa, FL 27 November 1999

Buried

Green River Cemetery Greenfield, Franklin County, MA Green River Cemetery Greenfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts

Based

Metfield Assigned to 855BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date
ContributorHelen
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Ringmasters Summer 2000

Date
ContributorAAM
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491st BG Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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