Casimer  Nastal

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   * 7th October 1923

   + 10th August 2002


Sgt. Nastal joined the Military Service in 1941.
He served on different bomber crews, later he was assigned as a right waist gunner to the B-17 heavy bomber called Memphis Belle as a member of 91st Bomb Group, 324th Bombardment Squadron.
Initially, the Memphis Belle flew missions into France and the Low countries, but in early 1943, Germany became the target.
On 17 May 1943, crew completed the last mission.


Sgt. Nastal was a right waist gunner of the B-17 Memphis Belle, the first of the heavy bombers to achieve 25 missions over Europe.