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BOZICH, Michael - Date of
birth
29 September 1921 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
Buffington, Fayette County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
New Salem, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
33291350 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
Waist Gunner -
Unit
701st Bombardment Squadron,
445th Bombardment Group, Heavy
-
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
-
Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
20 March 1945 - Place of
death
3 miles east of Helgoland, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
John Bozich (father)
Antoinette Bozich (mother)
Anna Bozich (sister)
Frank Bozich (brother)
Clara Bozich (sister)
Emma Bozich (sister)
Catherine Bozich (sister)
Edna L. Bozich (sister)
Mary Bozich (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
44-48851 -
Data
Type: B-24J
Destination: Hemmingstadt, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Heide oil refinery
MACR: 13563
More information
Sgt Michael Bozich was a miner.He joined the U.S. Army Reserve in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 28 December 1943.
The aircraft received a direct hit by flak while on his bomb run. The right wing came off and a large hole was observed in the left wing. The ship then blew up as it crashed into the water.
The entire crew is listed on the Walls of the Missing at Margraten.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.8thafhs.com, www.ancestry.com - Veteran Compensation Application File, The Morning Herald- October 3, 1967
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Michael Magerko (nephew), The Pittsburgh Press - 18 December 1945