Andrew John "Andy" Kralik

First Lieutenant Army Air Corps World War II

Branch of Service: Army Air Corps
Rank: First Lieutenant
Unit: 380th Bomb Squadron, 310th Bomb Group, 12th Air Force
Conflict / Era: World War II
Years of Service: 1943 – 1945
Date of Birth: 05/14/1922
Hometown: Detroit, MIchigan, OH
Awards & Decorations: Air Medal with 6 Oak Leaf Clusters; European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 2 Campaign Stars
Monument Paver: Yes — Section A
Overseas Service: European Theater of Operation
Township (entering service): Detroit, MIchigan
Township (current / at death): Paris
Church: Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church
School: Northeastern High School, Detroit, Michigan; University of Detroit
Record Authenticated: No

Biography

Overseas service: European Theater of Operation. Church: Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. School: Northeastern High School, Detroit, Michigan; University of Detroit. Serial #O-833770; entered active service 06/27/1944; completed 18 weeks, College Training Detachment, Rome, Georgia; completed 8 weeks, Pre-flight Pilot Training, Maxwell Field, Alabama; completed 9 weeks, Primary Pilot Training, Douglas, Georgia; completed 9 weeks, Basic Pilot Training, Cochran Field, Macon, Georgia; graduated from Advanced Pilot Training, Moody Field, Valdosta, Georgia; while on active duty, piloted B-25 aircraft and commanded crew in aerial offensive operations; completed 51 combat missions with the 12th Air Force in the European Theater of Operations, accruing 168 combat hours and 600 total flight hours; participated in battle campaigns at North Apennines (1944-45) and Po Valley (1945); honorably relieved from active duty on 11/02/1945, Separation Center, Camp Atterbury, Indiana

Source: Military Record and Report of Separation Certificate of Service; Army Qualification Separation Record; veteran form, discharge papers, and photograph submitted by Andrew J. Kralik