Andrew Alfred Kowalski
MilitaryMACR 5149
Hit by flak on mission to V-1 sites at Agathe d' Aliermont, France on 21-Jan-44 in B-24J 42-99970 'Liberty Belle'. A/C returned to England but crashed upon landing at Wingham, Kent. MACR 8714
Crash landed at RAF Lympne, Kent on return from target Furth, Germany on 25-Feb-44 in B-24H 41-29231 'Impatient Virgin'. RTD.
Shot down 8-Apr-44 in B-24 42-7767 'Shack Rabbit'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3849
Awards: AM (OLC), PH, 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: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19063025 / O-675040
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19072913 / O-730646
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16060557 / O-742628
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: The Impatient Virgin
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Raggedy Ann II, Star Spangled Hell
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 801st Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron 67th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Shack Rabbit
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron 712th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Liberty Belle
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 8 April 1944
- Date: 25 February 1944
- Date: 21 January 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Pottstown, PA | 22 June 1915 | Son of Vincent Kowalski. |
Enlisted |
New Cumberland, PA | 7 April 1942 | |
Other Belly Landing RTD |
Wingham, Kent | 21 January 1944 | Belly Landing in B-24J 42-99970 'Liberty Belle'. RTD |
Other Crash landed RTD |
RAF Lympne, Kent | 25 February 1944 | Crash landed at RAF Lympne, Kent in B-24H 41-29231 'Impatient Virgin'. RTD |
Other Baled out POW |
Hanover, Germany | 8 April 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick mission 8-Apr-44 in B-24 42-7767 'Shack Rabbit'; Shot down by fighters, baled out at low level. POW. MACR 3849 |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems an der Donau, Austria | 8 April 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XVIIb. |
Based Prisoner of War (POW) |
Shipdham | 8 April 1944 | Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Died |
Revisions
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We Were Eagles Volume Two: The Eighth Air Force at War December 1943 to May 1944 By Martin W. Bowman
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We Were Eagles Volume Two: The Eighth Air Force at War December 1943 to May 1944 By Martin W. Bowman
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
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We Were Eagles Volume Two: The Eighth Air Force at War December 1943 to May 1944 By Martin W. Bowman
Brought in information from duplicate entry. Source:
MACR 5149 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
8th AF Losses, MACR 8714 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3849 / MACR 3849, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database