Ralph Jerome Mezydlo
MilitaryAssigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 11 x missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Kassel in B-17 42-31069 'Little Moe' 28-Sep-44; crashed near Helmstedt Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 9415
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19137136 / O-760593
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Little moe
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Milwaukee, WI | 15 May 1916 | Son of John Chester and Agnes [Klempka] Mezydlo. |
Enlisted |
26 April 1943 | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 28 September 1944 - 1 May 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
Other Discharged USAAF |
19 December 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Fond du Lac, WI | 29 October 2002 | |
Based |
Deenethorpe | 28 September 1944 | Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Saint Adalberts Cemetery Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI | Saint Adalberts Cemetery Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9415 / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000, MACR 9415,
href="http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2828">http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2828> / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database