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HOLOWATY, Michael - Date of
birth
26 April 1925 -
Age
19 -
Place of birth
Frackville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Frackville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
33831847 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
Engineer/Top Turret Gunner -
Unit
323rd Bombardment Squadron,
91st Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
14 January 1945 - Place of
death
Beigerhaard Forest, south of Wincrange, Luxembourg
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Frank Holowaty (father)
Mary (Radkowski) Holowaty (mother)
Mary Holowaty (sister)
Frank T. Holowaty (brother)
Joseph Holowaty (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
43-38911 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Bull Session
Destination: Köln, Germany
Mission: Bombing of highway bridges
MACR: 11772
More information
Sgt Michael Holowaty enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 26 August 1943.Sgt Elmor B Russel:
I was flying as Tail-Gunner of our ship and aircraft B-17-G, 43-8911, was flying just below my position. I first noticed that subject aircraft was in trouble as it was going down in a dive. At this time it was approximately 1000 feet below us. I than lost sight of the aircraft, but as I looked out in back of where I last saw it, I observed one parachute floating in the air. I saw no other crew members leave the aircraft or parachutes open.
Eight crew members were killed, one was taken prisoner.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.findagrave.com – MAJ Jimmy Cotton
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com – pjammetje