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SKALSKI, Gus Stanley - Date of
birth
23 February 1920 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
New York -
Hometown
Palisades Park, Bergen County, New Jersey
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O2064728 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Navigator -
Unit
751st Bombardment Squadron,
457th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
-
Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
13 January 1945 - Place of
death
Outskirts of Wörth am Rhein, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Anthony Skalski (father)
Josephine (Jasinski) Skalski (mother)
Joseph Skalski (brother)
Edward Skalski (brother)
Lucy Skalski (sister)
Walter A. Skalski (brother)
Eric F. Skalski (brother)
John T. Skalski (brother)
Jules E. Skalski (brother)
Stanley Skalski (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
43-38795 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Maximiliansau, Germany
MACR: 11586
More information
2nd Lt Gus S. Skalski attended college and was an actor before he enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 3 March 1942.the airplane was hit by flak hit in bomb bay, exploded and crashed near Wörth am Rhein, Germany.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com – Boggins Bohola Tree, www.fold3.com – MACR, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux / Amy Caddell
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Denise Kellam / Amy Caddell, www.47thbombgroupassoc.org