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Personal info

Full name
WOJCIK, Chester
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35320260
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Nose Turret Gunner
Unit
720th Bombardment Squadron,
450th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 June 1944
Place of death
Near Geiselhöring, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 41 20

Immediate family

Members
John Wojcik (father)
Josephine (Stypek) Wojcik (mother)
Stanley C. Wojcik (brother)
Frank S. Wojcik (brother)
Joseph Wojcik (brother)
Adaline M. Wojcik (sister)
Thelma L. Wojcik (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-64339
Data
Type: B-24H
Destination: Munich, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the airfield
MACR: 6035

More information

S/Sgt Chester Wojcik attended Lincoln High School and was a professional mechanic and repairman before he enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 17 August 1942.

S/Sgt John Gural:
"Ship #42-64339 salved its bombs and then left the formation. I saw two parachutes leave the ship and then the ship came back into control and started in the direction towards home. The altitude was approximately 17000 feet and the time was 0952."

S/Sgt Lloyd T. Smith:
"S/Sgt Wojcik jumped and the parachute did not open."

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Baucum Greusel Turner Seiber, www.fold3.com
Photo source: 450th BG Memorial Association