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Personal info

Full name
BIALECKI, Adolph C
Date of birth
23 July 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Chelsea, Massachusetts
Hometown
Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31159853
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Radio Operator
Unit
704th Bombardment Squadron,
446th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 April 1944
Place of death
Near Lohne in Oldenburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 11 14

Immediate family

Members
Czeslaw Bialecki (father)
Malgorzata Bialecki (mother)
Chester Bialecki (brother)
Edward Bialecki (brother)
Alfonds S. Bialecki (brother)
Midred Bialecki (sister)
Lillian Kaminski (Aunt)

Plane data

Serial number
42-99942
Data
Type: B-24J
Destination: Bernburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing
MACR: 3783

More information

This aircraft B-24J, 42-99942 dropped out of the Group formation into a shallow dive, leveled off again about 7000 feet below former position in formation apparently under control. Up to this time no chutes were seen to come from the plane. After above events the ship was lost to view and no further reports were received regarding this ship.
Statement from John P. Reed, Captain, Air Corps.
Adolph was initially buried on 12 April 1944 in Vechta in Oldenburg, Military (Russian) Cemetery, Grave no. 297.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com, http://www.446bg.com