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Personal info

Full name
SKALSKI, Chester Frank
Date of birth
3 December 1916
Age
27
Place of birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Passaic County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32460986
Rank
Corporal
Function
Tail Gunner
Unit
700th Bombardment Squadron,
445th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 March 1944
Place of death
Berge, District Hannover, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 15 20

Immediate family

Members
Ignatius Skalski (father)
Madeline Skalski (mother)
Bernard Skalski (brother)
Alosis Skalski (brother)
Eugena Skalski (sister)
Teddy Skalski (brother)
Stanley Skalski (brother)
Henry Skalski (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-109796
Data
Type: B-24J
Destination: Berlin, Germany
Mission: Bombing
MACR: 2962

More information

Cpl Chester F. Skalski enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 18 August 1942.

Cpl Skalski was wounded when his plane was attacked. His crew helped him into a parachute but he was dead when he reached the ground. He was hit by a 20 mm. The Germans found him dead, hanging in a tree.

He was initially buried on 10 March 1944 at the New Cemetery of Lingen.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, WWII Draft Cards, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census, www.fold3.com MACR

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Buffalo Evening News - 19 December 1945