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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Jerome J. Wojciechowski

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Honored By

A Grateful American

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Activity During WWII

HE WAS IN THE 483RD BOMB GROUP, 816TH BOMB SQUADRON. ON JULY 18, 1944, HE WAS NAVIGATOR ON A B-17 THAT WAS FLYING IN THE MEMMINGEN RAID. HIS PLANE WAS HIT BY ENEMY FIRE AND HE WAS HIT BY SHRAPNEL AND PIECES OF SHATTERED PLEXIGLAS. THE SHIP EXPLODED MID-AIR. HE BAILED OUT, WAS CAPTURED AND HELD IN STALAG LUFT III, AND TOOK PART IN THE MARCH FROM NUREMBERG TO MOOSBERG. HE WAS AWARDED THE SILVER STAR.