Joseph Michael Sofranko

Military

Assigned 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

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: 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.