Edmund Walter Kosenski

Military

Assigned to 352BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Steyr, Austria in B-17 42-31437 24-Feb-44; enemy aircraft, crashed Enns, Austria; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 2636.



Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 301st Bomb Group 352nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-1283471
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 301st Bomb Group 352nd Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

18 May 1924

Enlisted

Newark, NJ 18 February 1943

Other

Baled out POW

Enns, Austria 24 February 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Steyr, Austria in B-17 42-31437 24-Feb-44; enemy aircraft, crashed Enns, Austria; POW MACR 2636.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 24 February 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Discharged USAAF

5 October 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Rahway, NJ 13 March 2000

Buried

Saint Gertrudes Cemetery, Colonia, NJ 18 March 2000 Saint Gertrudes Cemetery Colonia, Middlesex County, NJ

Based

Lucera 24 February 1944 Assigned to 352BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF.