Paul Milton Tomasko
MilitaryAssigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 6-Jun-43 crashed in B17 42-5894 in ferrying loss. RTD Assigned to Freeman Goodman Provisional Bomb Group. 7 missions. Shot down 28 July 1943 in B-17 42-3282. Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: AM (2OLC), POW, EAME, WWII Victory.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 2B
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
26 January 1922 | BornBoswell, Pennsylvania | |
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Enlisted |
17 September 1942 | EnlistedPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania | |
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Prisoner of war Prisoner of War (POW) |
28 July 1943 - 1 May 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW)Stalag IIa, Hammerstein, Germany | |
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Died |
9 March 2007 | DiedCleveland, Ohio | |
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Buried/ Commemorated |
12 March 2007 | InterredSunset Memorial ParkNorth Olmsted, Ohio |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 118 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self, MACR 118, FGPG/ KIA Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey pp. 144, 200-201