Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date, he was not officially declared by the military as being dead until January 21, 1946.
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Bernard served as a Technical Sergeant on B-24D #41-24017, 400th Bomber Squadron, 90th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in New York prior to the war.
Bernard was declared "Missing In Action" when his B-24, which took off from 5-Mile (Ward) near Port Moresby on an armed reconnaissance mission over Wewak, was believed to have failed to turn a proper course back to base and was lost at sea during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 6980647
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Airmen who perished on this flight:
Blocker, Robert H ~ T/Sgt, FL
Coston, John F ~ S/Sgt, TX
Hughes, Evan P ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, TN
Kouski, Alexander ~ T/Sgt, OH
Kwiatkowski, Bernard T ~ T/Sgt, NY
Oliver, James F ~ S/Sgt, OR
Pacheco, Joe B ~ S/Sgt, AZ
Peck, Franklin L ~ 1st Lt, NY
Rininsland, Donald A ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, IA
Stuehmer, Lloyd A ~ 1st Lt, NE
Wimberly, Olin J ~ 1st Lt, FL
Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
Please see www.pacificwrecks.com for more information on this flight.
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Bernard served as a Technical Sergeant on B-24D #41-24017, 400th Bomber Squadron, 90th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in New York prior to the war.
Bernard was declared "Missing In Action" when his B-24, which took off from 5-Mile (Ward) near Port Moresby on an armed reconnaissance mission over Wewak, was believed to have failed to turn a proper course back to base and was lost at sea during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 6980647
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on this flight:
Blocker, Robert H ~ T/Sgt, FL
Coston, John F ~ S/Sgt, TX
Hughes, Evan P ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, TN
Kouski, Alexander ~ T/Sgt, OH
Kwiatkowski, Bernard T ~ T/Sgt, NY
Oliver, James F ~ S/Sgt, OR
Pacheco, Joe B ~ S/Sgt, AZ
Peck, Franklin L ~ 1st Lt, NY
Rininsland, Donald A ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, IA
Stuehmer, Lloyd A ~ 1st Lt, NE
Wimberly, Olin J ~ 1st Lt, FL
Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
Please see www.pacificwrecks.com for more information on this flight.
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Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date, he was not officially declared by the military as being dead until January 21, 1946.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Bernard served as a Technical Sergeant on B-24D #41-24017, 400th Bomber Squadron, 90th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in New York prior to the war.
Bernard was declared "Missing In Action" when his B-24, which took off from 5-Mile (Ward) near Port Moresby on an armed reconnaissance mission over Wewak, was believed to have failed to turn a proper course back to base and was lost at sea during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 6980647
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on this flight:
Blocker, Robert H ~ T/Sgt, FL
Coston, John F ~ S/Sgt, TX
Hughes, Evan P ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, TN
Kouski, Alexander ~ T/Sgt, OH
Kwiatkowski, Bernard T ~ T/Sgt, NY
Oliver, James F ~ S/Sgt, OR
Pacheco, Joe B ~ S/Sgt, AZ
Peck, Franklin L ~ 1st Lt, NY
Rininsland, Donald A ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, IA
Stuehmer, Lloyd A ~ 1st Lt, NE
Wimberly, Olin J ~ 1st Lt, FL
Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
Please see www.pacificwrecks.com for more information on this flight.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Bernard served as a Technical Sergeant on B-24D #41-24017, 400th Bomber Squadron, 90th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in New York prior to the war.
Bernard was declared "Missing In Action" when his B-24, which took off from 5-Mile (Ward) near Port Moresby on an armed reconnaissance mission over Wewak, was believed to have failed to turn a proper course back to base and was lost at sea during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 6980647
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on this flight:
Blocker, Robert H ~ T/Sgt, FL
Coston, John F ~ S/Sgt, TX
Hughes, Evan P ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, TN
Kouski, Alexander ~ T/Sgt, OH
Kwiatkowski, Bernard T ~ T/Sgt, NY
Oliver, James F ~ S/Sgt, OR
Pacheco, Joe B ~ S/Sgt, AZ
Peck, Franklin L ~ 1st Lt, NY
Rininsland, Donald A ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, IA
Stuehmer, Lloyd A ~ 1st Lt, NE
Wimberly, Olin J ~ 1st Lt, FL
Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
Please see www.pacificwrecks.com for more information on this flight.
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Records on Ancestry
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1930 United States Federal Census
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New York, U.S., State Census, 1925
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U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985
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New York, U.S., New York National Guard Service Cards, 1917-1954
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U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group B (Unrecoverable), 1941-1975
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