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Harry Stanley Katoski

Military

media-46462.jpeg UPL 46462 1LT Harry Katoski
Fighter Pilot
365th Fighter Group - 388th Fighter Squadron - 9th AF
Katoski was KIA 26 July 1944

365FG FB Page

Object Number - UPL 46462 - 1LT Harry Katoski Fighter Pilot 365th Fighter Group - 388th Fighter Squadron - 9th AF Katoski was KIA 26 July 1944

Changed/Simplified the spelling of his last name from Kwaitkowski to Katoski

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Units served with

Lieutenant Colonel Louis Houck of the 365th Fighter Group wearing a flying helmet with devil horns in the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Screamin' Weemie". Image stamped on reverse: 'Keystone Press.' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'AMERICAN FLYER WEARS "DEVIL'S HELMET" Lieutenant Colonel Louis Houck, 27, commander of a Ninth US Air Force fighter group, waves for contact after donning his "devil's helmet" for a mission against the Nazis. The flyer calls his plane "Screaming' Weemie". Keys

365th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Captain Zell Smith Jr. of the 365th Fighter Group in the cockpit of his P-51 Mustang. Image via DK Beaumeister, via Zell Smith.

388th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Aircraft

42-22747

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Nicknames: Marnie
Unit: 365th Fighter Group 388th Fighter Squadron

Places

Beaulieu

Site type: Airfield
Known as: RAF Beaulieu

B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 381st Bomb Group fly in formation during a practice mission. The aircraft, left to right are: (VE-O, serial number 41-107112) nicknamed "Sleepy Time Gal", (VE-N, serial number 43-37675) nicknamed "Patches (Flak Magnet)", (VE-K, serial number 42-106994) nicknamed "Little Guy" and (VP-S, serial number 42-97059) nicknamed "Marsha Sue". Image via Ian MacTaggart.

Gosfield

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Erie, Pennsylvania	21 January 1919
	Erie, PA	16 October 1940	99 East 7th Street
Died	La Haye Pesnel, France	26 July 1944	While pulling up after bombing a highway bridge at this location, Katoski's P-47 blew up in mid air.
Enlisted
Buried	Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial		Plot A Row 6 Grave 3 Brittany American Cemetery Brittany American Cemetery Bel Orient 50240 Montjoie Saint Martin France

Revisions

Date21 Dec 2020 03:55:49

Contributor466thHistorian

Changes

Sources

http://hellhawks.org/388_roster.html
https://www.abmc.gov/decedent-search/katoski%3Dharry
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56353039/harry-s-katoski
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2238&h=6887248…
"Thunderbolts of The Hell Hawks" - Barnes, Crump and Sutherland - page, 32

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