Stanislav Albion Komarek

Military
media-36746.jpeg UPL 36746 2Lt Stanley A Komarek

Object Number - UPL 36746 - 2Lt Stanley A Komarek

2 October 1942 on returning from mission to Meaulte, France, crash landed at Gatwick with landing gear retracted. 3 crew members were injured but all returned. Their plane 'Phyllis' B-17F-BO 41-24397 was salvaged.



Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Phyllis
  • Unit: 301st Bomb Group 352nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Muskegon, MI 1 March 1915 Son of Belerice Paczkowski.
Los Angeles, CA

Died

Riverside, CA

Based

Chelveston Assigned to 325BS, 301BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Riverside National Cemetery, CA Riverside National Cemetery Riverside, Riverside County, CA

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 23-Oct-2014. Connections within web site data.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces by Bishop and Hey, p. 36

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