Joseph Michael Sofranko
MilitaryAssigned to 32TCS, 314TCG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Re-Supply mission to Cotentin peninsula in C-47 43-15146; A/C crashed 2 miles NNE of Picauville. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5712
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Troop Carrier
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
- Unit: 314th Troop Carrier Group 32nd Troop Carrier Squadron
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 Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Star Junction, PA | 2 January 1915 | Son of Jacob Sofranko. |
Enlisted |
Greensburg, PA | 18 August 1942 | Greensburg, Pennsylvania |
Other Survived crash landing POW |
2 miles NNE Picauville, France | 7 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Re-Supply mission to Cotentin peninsula in C-47 43-15146; A/C crashed 2 miles NNE of Picauville. POW MACR 5712 |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 7 June 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Other Discharged USAAF |
San Antonio, TX | 7 October 1945 | |
Enlisted |
30 August 1950 | Re-Enlistment Date | |
Other Discharged USAF |
29 August 1951 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Uniontown, PA | 23 February 2000 | |
Buried |
Sylvan Heights Cemetery Oliver, Fayette County, PA | 25 February 2000 | Sylvan Heights Cemetery Oliver, Fayette County, PA |
Based |
Saltby | 7 June 1944 | Assigned to 32TCS, 314TCG, 9AF USAAF. |
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