Norman Bastoky
Military
Object Number - UPL 56788
Assigned to 784BS, 466BG, 8AF USAAF. Completed 20 x combat missions, including twelve as part of a lead crew.
Awards: AM (2OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (1 x Battle Star).
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-706007
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH | 25 October 1925 | Son of Sam and Frieda [Lashinsky] Bastoky. |
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Enlisted |
Indianapolis, IN, USA | 15 February 1944 | Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana |
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Other 466th BG Combat Tour |
Attlebridge, Norwich, UK | 10 December 1944 - 25 December 1945 | Completed 20 combat missions, including 12 as part of a lead crew. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
31 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Nashville, TN, USA | 26 January 1981 | |
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Buried |
Temple Cemetery Nashville, Davidson County, TN | 29 January 1981 | Temple Cemetery Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Plot: 1524 |
Revisions
Returned spelling or surname to Bastoky.
User jnbastoky is the Grandchild of this airman and has confirmed the spelling of his surname across several records. It appears that his name was incorrectly recorded as "Bastaky" in his Enlistment record.
National Archives and Records Administration Enlistment Records WWII: his name is spelled BASTAKY on his enlistment record, not BASTOKY.
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=3146&h=1399247…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144608821
"Attlebridge Arsenal" - Brassfield & Wassom, page 230
This is my grandfather. I have a copy of this picture with the signature on the back.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book 'Attlebridge Arsenal' by Wassom & Brassford, page 343
