New England Air Museum
Edmund A. Jachacz

 
Current Addres s:   8019 Matilija Avenue, Panorama City, CA 91402
 
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Hometown:   Salamanca, NY
 
Date Entered Service:   1942
 
Service Number:   T137459
 
Bomb Group:   468th
 
Squadron:   794th
 
Location of Unit:   Tinian
 
Missions Flown:   13
 
Hump Missions Flown:  
 
Targets:   Tokyo,Yokohama,Kobe,Osaka,more.
 
Awards/Decorations:   Air Medal,Purple Heart
 
Service Schools Attended:   Map making - 1943; Navigation - Hondo Field, TX - 1943; Radar School, Victorville, - 1944
 
Military Specialty(ies):  
 
Rank Upon Discharge:   Flight Officer
 
Crew Type:   Flight crew
 
Airplane Serial No.& Name:   Big Time Operator, Miss Patches, Sentimental Journey
 
Were you a POW?   No
If so, where?  
 
Were you interned?   No 
If so, where?  
 
Date Transferred from the 58th:   1944
 
Date Discharged from the 58th:   February 1946
 
Post-WWII Military Service:   Master Degree in Mechanical Engineering
 
Post-WWII Civilian Occupation(s):
 
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