PROKOPOVITZ Julian K - 532 BS 381 BGH

 

 Julian Kent PROKOPOVITZ

  

PROKOPOVITZ Julian K

Source : americanairmuseum.com

NUMBER OF SERVICE O-818513  
AGE28 yo
DATE OF BIRTH

28 May 1916

Polaksi, Brown county, WISCONSIN

ENLISTMENT STATEWISCONSIN
FAMILY

Spouse : Dorothy Czarapata

Parents : Julius P PROKOPOUICZ & Claire DRISCOLL

Brother : Gérald J

RANK
2nd Lieutenant Second_lieutenant
FONCTIONCo Pilot
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT CommercialWI
DATE of ENLISTEMENT16 October 1940  
 SQUADRON 532nd Bomber Squadron 
 GROUP 381st Bomb Group (Heavy) 
ARMY 8th Air Force 
DATE OF DEATH19 June 1944

PROKOPOVITZ Julian K

Source : Doc Wilson

STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHPessac, 3km south of Mérignac 
PLAN DE VOL / FLIGHT PLAN

B-17 Fortress - type G-35-DL - s/n 42-107088 VE*V

 b17

Macr : 5994
Mission : Bordeaux-Mérignac (33)

Take-off Station 167 Ridgewell, Essex
Shot by the flak (direct hit to the right wing) Partially evacuated aircraft (4 of them killed when they left the plane) at about 09:12

The plane exploded and burned

CEMETERY TEMPORARY

 CEMTERY TEMPORARY of  Luynes Cemetery, Aix-En-Provance N°3551

Luynes Cemetery

Story of Cemetery Temporary 

CEMETERYRHONE AMERICAN CEMETERY and MEMORIAL of Draguignan

Map of Rhône American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
D622
DECORATION

Air Medal (with oak leaf custer)

Purple Heart

European African Middle Eastern Campaing Medal

World War II Victory Medal 

Brevet Pilot


 

am + olc

Photo FDLM

EAMECampaign

victory medal

combat infantryman badge

 
 
usaf 8AIRFORCE 381bg 532bs
 
STORY

PROKOPOVITZ Julian K

Source : Victor DANIEL

 		 

PROKOPOVITZ Julian K

Source : Victor DANIEL

PROKOPOVITZ Julian K

Source : Victor DANIEL

PROKOPOVITZ Julian K

Source : Fold3

 

Crew of B-17 Fortress - type G-35-DL - s/n 42-107088 VE*V

 

2Lt John B DOYLE Pilot Dead Cim Am Rhône Draguignan (83) O-756201 - AM+1/PH - Flint, Michigan
2Lt Julian Kent PROKOPOVITZ CoPilot Dead Cim Am Rhône Draguignan (83) O-818513 - AM+1 - Pulaski, Wisconsin
F/O Richard H Jr RICHARDS Navigator Dead Cim Am Epinal (88)  T-124727 - AM+1 - Maspeth, Long Island, New York
2Lt Bernard S LEAVITT Bomber Prisoner - Stalag Luft III Sagan-Silesia Bavaria   O-762640 - Amarillo, Tennessee
S/Sgt Gordon W WISE Mechanic/Gunner Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Am Rhône Draguignan (83) 39905666 - AM+1/PH - Elko, Nevada
S/Sgt Charles E HARKER Radio/Gunner Dead Inconnu 32749851 - Burlington, New Jersey
Sgt Logan A THOMPSON Gunner Dead Cim Am Rhône Draguignan (83) 15334265 - AM+/PH - Ohio
Sgt Robert J HELMAN Gunner Dead Cim Am Epinal (88) 15171209 - AM/PH - Charleroi, Pennsylvania USA
Sgt Robert Thomas MATTHEWS Gunner Prisoner- Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow   36475633 - East Saint Louis, Illinois - Blessé, hospitalisé 
b17

SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTOVictor DANIEL - abmc.gov - fr.findagrave.com - fold3.com - archives.gov - francecrashes39-45.net - ancestry.com - americanairmuseum.com
REDACTEURSVictor,  Jean-Philippe, Eric, Henri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud
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