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Personal info

Full name
BILIK, Paul Frank
Date of birth
8 September 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
35056148
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Tail Turret Gunner
Unit
722nd Bombardment Squadron,
450th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 May 1944
Place of death
Tuernitz, Lower Danube, Austria

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 22 12

Immediate family

Members
Peter Bilik (father)
Mary T. Bilik (mother)
Christine Bilik (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-94960
Data
Type: B-24H
Nickname: Mail Call
Destination: Wiener Neustadt, Austria
MACR: 5467

More information

Pfc Paul F Bilik attended Maple Heights High School Ohio. He was employed by the Weatherhead Co.

Soon after an enemy fighter attack Lt Chrestia's aircraft was hit. It soon went into a flat spin.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Michel Beckers/www.450thbg.com