Theodore C KUNIS; Born: 23 Dec 1915 Died: Sep 1981 POW; Stalag Luft III

Theodore C. Kunis was an Engineer-Gunner, with the U.S. Army Air Corps;12th Air Force; 57th Bombardment Wing;321st Bombardment Group; 445thBombardment Squadron; aboard B-25Mitchell Medium Bomber Aircraft;stationed in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations during WW II.--On 08 October 1943~After a Bombing Mission over the Eleusis Airdrome at Athens, Greece, the formation was attacked by enemy fighter planes; the B-25 was severely damaged and was forced to make a controlled water landing in the Gulf of Patrai, 10 miles Northwest of the Town of Patrai. All eight Crewmembers survived the water landing, and got out of the plane before it sank, but all eight were captured by the enemy and held as prisoners of war.--A/C No. 42-64675 --(No art - "Poochie" under bombardier's window)--(MACR-927 & 1301 missing crews – at sea)--P Fisher, James B., Jr., 1Lt - POW, liberated and EUS--CP Carmine, John Walter, 2Lt - POW, liberated and EUS--N Osburn, Hobart G. "Bart", 2Lt - POW, liberated and EUS--B McLeod, Jack P., 2Lt - POW, liberated and EUS--E Kunis, Theodore C., S/Sgt - POW, liberated and EUS--R Garthwaite, Howard L., S/Sgt - POW, liberated and EUS--G Woronuk, John (NMI), Cpl - POW, liberated and EUS--F Corning, Clarence H. "Pop", Capt, 97th FS, 82 FG (observer) - POW,liberated and EUS--EUS: Evacuated to the United States--NEVER FORGET Their Service & Sacrifice.

Patti Johnson Added: Dec. 29, 2011

NOTE: INDEXED As UNIS: KUNIS; Theodore C. Kunis
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
ARMY SERIAL NUMBER 33069075    NAME; UNIS THEODORE C ( KUNIS ) RESIDENCE: STATE   ILLINOIS
RESIDENCE: COUNTY   COOK PLACE OF ENLISTMENT   BALTIMORE MARYLAND
DATE OF ENLISTMENT   05 Jan. 1942 GRADE: PVT# Private: CODE   Private
BRANCH: ALPHA DESIGNATION BI# Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL Civil Life    NATIVITY ILLINOIS    YEAR OF BIRTH   1915    RACE AND CITIZENSHIP White, citizen    EDUCATION 4 years of high school   CIVILIAN OCCUPATION Clerks, general office MARITAL STATUS   Single, without dependents
COMPONENT OF THE ARMY 7 Selectees (Enlisted Men)
-- POW Camp Stalag Luft 3 Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria
World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1946   Name: Theodore C Kunis   Race: White    Residence state: Illinois       Report Date: 8 Oct 1943   Latest Report Date: 20 Jul 1945    Grade: Staff Sergeant Service Branch: Army    Arm or Service: Air Corps   Code: Air Corps Organization Type: Bombardment, Medium   Parent Unit Type: 0O    Area Served: Middle East Theatre: Greece    Detaining Country: Germany Camp: 033 Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria

(Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 Status: Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated

Cook County, Illinois Marriage Index, 1930-1960 Name: Theodore C Kunis   Marriage Date: 19 Aug 1950   Spouse: Carnelia   Marriage Location: Cook County, IL    Marriage license: {24282025-0E4D-4EED-9540-09835D8B1F52}
Marriage license: {439A7167-9AEA-49E9-BE45-1F1A4F63B5D7}   File Number: 2146719
Archive collection name: Cook County Genealogy Records (Marriages)    Archive repository location: Chicago, IL

Archive repository name: Cook County Clerk

Social Security Death Index Name: Theodore Kunis SSN: 337-05-8112 L ast Residence: 54174 Suring, Oconto, Wisconsin, United States of America Born: 23 Dec 1915 Died: Sep 1981

State (Year) SSN issued: Illinois (Before 1951)

Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997 Name: Theodore C Kunis Death Date: 11 Sep 1981 Location: Oconto (May be abbreviated) Certificate: 022150

Theodore C. Kunis Birth: Dec. 23, 1915 Death: Sep. 11, 1981 Burial: Fort Howard Memorial Park
Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin, USA

57th Bomb Wing Historical Research Team; John T Fitzgerald, Patti Johnson and Barbi Ennis Connolly. PRINCESSBARBIB25@msn.com Barbi is 319th and 321st BG Historian 2007-.

Theodore C Unis