Larry Joseph Palocsko
MilitaryAssigned to 709BS, 447BG, 8AF USAAF. Clyde Allen crew. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Frankfurt in B-17 42-31108 'Devils Mate' crashed 29-Jan-44. Killed in Action (KIA), MACR 2279.
Awards: PH (OLC).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-746268
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Devil's Mate
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Braddock, Allegheny County, PA | 12 March 1922 | Son of Anna Palocsko. |
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Enlisted |
Greensburg, PA | 3 December 1942 | Greensburg, Pennsylvania |
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Died |
Frankfurt, Germany | 29 January 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Frankfurt in B-17 42-31108 'Devils Mate' crashed 29-Jan-44. KIA MACR 2279 |
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Buried/ Commemorated |
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial St Avold, France Plot K Row 13 Grave 8 | |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Rattlesden | 29 January 1944 | Assigned to 709BS, 447BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Removed # from A/C Serial to aid clarity and consistency.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56659259/larry-j-palocsko
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2279 / MACR 2279, 8th AF Losses / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database