Paul Zima
Military ROLL OF HONOURUSAAF Photo
Assigned to 349BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Chas Peterson crew. Failed to Return Abbeville mission in B-17 #43-37591; collided with another aircraft 5-Jun-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5383.
Awards: AM, PH
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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: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-061159
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 5 June 1944
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Chicago, Illinois, USA | 1 February 1920 | Son of Paul and Marie [Kurtz] Zima. |
Enlisted |
Chicago, IL | 8 April 1942 | Chicago, Illinois |
Died |
East of Hardelot, France | 5 June 1944 | Failed to Return Abbeville mission in B-17 43-37591; collided with another aircraft 5-Jun-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5383 |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Thorpe Abbotts | 5 June 1944 | Assigned to 349BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Saint-Avold, France Plot F Row 12 Grave 7 |
Revisions
Removed # from A/C serial No. to aid clarity and consistency.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56662707/paul-zima
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5383 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database