Serial No. #32661227
Staff Sergeant and Aerial Gunner, 15th Air
Force, 719th Bomb Squadron, 449th Bomb
Group (Heavy), World War II.
NARA War Department records list this soldiers Home of Record as Columbia County, New York...Killed In Action.
***Many thanks to Tim Cook (#46481904) for adding the additional information below to this memorial***
Shot down by direct flak hit over Austria
aboard B-24H Liberator #42-95271 while on
mission to strike the oil refinery at
Moosbierbaum, Germany.
Killed In Action were:
Capt. Edwin M Thrailkill, Pilot
1st Lt. George C Antonakos
2nd Lt. John E Holohan
SSgt. James D Brogger
SSgt. Joseph Carchia
SSgt. Paul P Chernak, Jr
SSgt. Harry Hayslett
SSgt. Paul E. Maiewski
SSgt. Melvin R Strom
SSgt. Chester Weinstein
Only the co-pilot survived when he was blown
clear of the cockpit by the explosion.
***many thanks to Elsie Scharpf Saar (#46486625) for adding her photos to this memorial***
Staff Sergeant and Aerial Gunner, 15th Air
Force, 719th Bomb Squadron, 449th Bomb
Group (Heavy), World War II.
NARA War Department records list this soldiers Home of Record as Columbia County, New York...Killed In Action.
***Many thanks to Tim Cook (#46481904) for adding the additional information below to this memorial***
Shot down by direct flak hit over Austria
aboard B-24H Liberator #42-95271 while on
mission to strike the oil refinery at
Moosbierbaum, Germany.
Killed In Action were:
Capt. Edwin M Thrailkill, Pilot
1st Lt. George C Antonakos
2nd Lt. John E Holohan
SSgt. James D Brogger
SSgt. Joseph Carchia
SSgt. Paul P Chernak, Jr
SSgt. Harry Hayslett
SSgt. Paul E. Maiewski
SSgt. Melvin R Strom
SSgt. Chester Weinstein
Only the co-pilot survived when he was blown
clear of the cockpit by the explosion.
***many thanks to Elsie Scharpf Saar (#46486625) for adding her photos to this memorial***
Serial No. #32661227
Staff Sergeant and Aerial Gunner, 15th Air
Force, 719th Bomb Squadron, 449th Bomb
Group (Heavy), World War II.
NARA War Department records list this soldiers Home of Record as Columbia County, New York...Killed In Action.
***Many thanks to Tim Cook (#46481904) for adding the additional information below to this memorial***
Shot down by direct flak hit over Austria
aboard B-24H Liberator #42-95271 while on
mission to strike the oil refinery at
Moosbierbaum, Germany.
Killed In Action were:
Capt. Edwin M Thrailkill, Pilot
1st Lt. George C Antonakos
2nd Lt. John E Holohan
SSgt. James D Brogger
SSgt. Joseph Carchia
SSgt. Paul P Chernak, Jr
SSgt. Harry Hayslett
SSgt. Paul E. Maiewski
SSgt. Melvin R Strom
SSgt. Chester Weinstein
Only the co-pilot survived when he was blown
clear of the cockpit by the explosion.
***many thanks to Elsie Scharpf Saar (#46486625) for adding her photos to this memorial***
Staff Sergeant and Aerial Gunner, 15th Air
Force, 719th Bomb Squadron, 449th Bomb
Group (Heavy), World War II.
NARA War Department records list this soldiers Home of Record as Columbia County, New York...Killed In Action.
***Many thanks to Tim Cook (#46481904) for adding the additional information below to this memorial***
Shot down by direct flak hit over Austria
aboard B-24H Liberator #42-95271 while on
mission to strike the oil refinery at
Moosbierbaum, Germany.
Killed In Action were:
Capt. Edwin M Thrailkill, Pilot
1st Lt. George C Antonakos
2nd Lt. John E Holohan
SSgt. James D Brogger
SSgt. Joseph Carchia
SSgt. Paul P Chernak, Jr
SSgt. Harry Hayslett
SSgt. Paul E. Maiewski
SSgt. Melvin R Strom
SSgt. Chester Weinstein
Only the co-pilot survived when he was blown
clear of the cockpit by the explosion.
***many thanks to Elsie Scharpf Saar (#46486625) for adding her photos to this memorial***
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SSGT, 719 AAF BOMB SQ WORLD WAR II
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Serial No. #32661227
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