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Personal info

Full name
ZELASKO, Thomas A
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Michigan
Hometown
Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36512947
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Tail Gunner
Unit
429th Bombardment Squadron,
2nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 November 1943
Place of death
Walpersbach, Austria

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 43 34

Immediate family

Members
Alexander G. Zelasko (father)
Theresa Zelasko (mother)
Lilllian Zelasko (sister)
Bernice Zelasko (sister)
Virginia Zelasko (sister)
Beatrice Zelasko (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-30133
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Raggedy Ann
Destination: Wiener Neustadt, Austria
Mission: Bombing of the aircraft factory and surrounding industrial complex
MACR: 1112

More information

F/O Donald E. Elder:
Plane was hit by enemy fighters over the target Wiener Neustadt, Austria.
Zelasko was hit in shoulder and chest, he did not bail out.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Zelasko Family Tree / 1920 census, www.fold3.com, http://aircrewremembered.com/USAAFCombatOperations/Nov.43.html

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