The Man Behind the Name
T/5 Albert Runetzky served as drop master aboard B-24J 42-50829 on the 18 September 1944 supply mission to Eindhoven. As a drop master he was an Army enlisted specialist responsible for the supply containers being air-dropped as part of Operation Market Garden.
Runetzky did not survive the ditching and was reported missing in action. Page 12 of the MACR notes a Pfc. James Bolton (35723436, 490 AM Sup Eng Co) with a reference to 3rd Bomb Division file 319.108, possibly relating to the drop mission personnel.
Service record.
Missions flown.
The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.