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Personal info

Full name
COMAC, Peter
Date of birth
17 June 1920
Age
23
Place of birth
Frackville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Frackville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13028702
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Top Turret Gunner
Unit
323rd Bombardment Squadron,
91st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 August 1943
Place of death
Balen, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 6 33

Immediate family

Members
Max Comac (father)
Tessie Comac (mother)
Paul Comac (brother)
Anna Comac (sister)
Helen Comac (sister)
Eva Comac (sister)
Elizabeth Comac (sister)
Maria Comac (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-5225
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: V-Packette aka Stormy Weather
Destination: Schweinfurt, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the KugelFisher ball bearing plants
MACR: 280

More information

S/Sgt Peter Comac joined the Air Corps of the Regular Army on 11 August 1942 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The aircraft was shot down by Lt Artur Beese in a Fw-190A of JG 26/1. Two crew members were taken prisoner, eight were killed. They were initially buried at the cemetery for allied soldiers in Fort III in Deurne, Belgium on 20 August 1943.

He is remembered at the Cemetery in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Army Enlistment Record, www.8thafhs.com, www.joebaugher.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, https://billiongraves.com/grave/Peter-Comac/12126783#, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Veteran Compensation Application File

Photo source: Jac Engels, www.ancestry.com - carlymartin84, https://billiongraves.com/grave/Peter-Comac/12126783#