S/Sgt
Chester S. MALUCHNIK
Assigned to the 100th Bombardment Group
Location:
Unit: Group
Rank:
Position: Radio Operator / Gunner
Additional 100th Service Notes
Status: POW
Comments: OPERATIONS 100TH BG ORIG - POW WITH 303RD BG ROG JAN 45
Comments and Notes
Memo 1:
CREW
S/SGT CHESTER MALUCHNIK, SN# 36170013 (100TH BG ORIGINAL OPERATIONS)
I WAS WITH OPERATIONS WHEN 100TH BG WAS FORMED AT WALLA WALLA WASHINGTON. ALSO WITH OPERATIONS AT KEARNEY NEB. AND WENT OVER TO ENGLAND IN EARLY MARCH 1943?(THINK IT WAS MAY 1943). RETURNED TO US IN OCTOBER 1943 AFTER PASSING TEST FOR CADETS IN LONDON. 100TH WAS ON SCHWEINFURT RAID WHEN I LEFT. ENDED UP IN RADIO SCHOOL AND CREWED UP IN DYESBURG TENN. AND RETURNED TO ENGLAND IN EARLY JAN 1945 ASSIGNED TO 549TH SQUADRON, 303RD BOMB GROUP. WAS SHOT DOWN ON MY 18TH MISSION OVER HAMBURG BY ME 262 JETS. SEVEN OUT OF 10 CREW MADE IT OUT. PILOT, CO-PILOT AND WAIST GUNNER DIDN'T MAKE IT. AIRCRAFT EXPLODED IN AIR, TAIL GUNNER PULLED CHUTE SITTING IN TAIL WITH AFT GONE. NOSE GUNNER CLIMBED OUT THROUGH NOSE OF AIRCRAFT. (LT TAUB-PILOT, LT MILLER-COPILOT
SGT MATHEWS-WG). ENDED UP IN STALAG LUFT IN BARTH GERMANY
I REMEMBER MORE ABOUT THE 100TH BG BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS MORE PERSOAL. MAJ JOHN EGAN, BUCKY CLEVEN, SQDN COMMANDER, FRY-WEATHER OFFICER, MAJ STANDISH-EXEC OFFICER. MISSED COL ALKIRE FOR HE WAS GOOD OFFICER. EVEN THOUGH HE DIDN'T MAKE IT OVERSEAS WITH THE 100TH BG.
