Donald J Boleski

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Was on board B-24 #42-52447, which collided on 16 August 1944 above Zerbst, Germany, with B-24 #42-51098 of the same Squadron. Crashed near Mosigkau, 7km SW of Dessau, Germany, about 200m from the crash location of 098. Killed In Action (KIA).

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

People

William Lester Beggs

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12169851
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Donald W Breecher

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-713104
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Thurston C Carlisle

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-400669
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

John Flanagan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33705549
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Frederick H Gilbert

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12220123
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-52447

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'

Tibenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Killed in Action (KIA)

Mosigkau, Germany 16 August 1944 in the crash of B-24 #42-52447 near Mosigkau, 7km SW of Dessau, Germany

Born

Provo, Utah, USA

Buried

Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands, O4 12 in the Mosigkau cemetery

Buried

after the war, his remains were brought to The Netherlands. Donald Boleski rests at Margraten, Plot O, Row 4, Grave 12

Revisions

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ABMC website

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MACR 8431

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Birsic, ABMC (Spelled Boliski in Birsic), MACR 8431, 2AD Roll of Honor / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8431 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database