Buissonville – Serinchamps – B17 G 42-97509 358th BS 303rd BG

Buissonville – Serinchamps – B17 G 42-97509 358th BS 303rd BG

B17 G 42-97509  VK-A 358th BS 303rd BG

2nd March 1944

Mission : Frankfurt

Shot down by German fighter and FLAK

Crash :Between Buissonville and Serinchamps

 

2 Lt Damon C Elder Pilot O-803956   POW Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria

2Lt James Burns Co-pilot O-682787 KIA   Parachute failure Ardennes America Cemetery

2Lt Edward Connors Navigator O-698266 POW Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12

2Lt Albert W Stravinsky Bombardier O-670288 POW Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria

T/Sgt David Wilson Flight engineer Top turret gunner 33066121   KIA Henri-Chapelle War Cemetery

T/Sgt Daniel F Gilmore Radio Operator 32626104 POW Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow

Sgt Norman Clark Left Waist gunner 11018499 POW Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow

S/Sgt Mario Garcia Right Waist gunner 33333208 POW Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow

S/Sgt Frank Mirenda Ball turret gunner 12156084 POW Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

S/Sgt Verden Swank 15330388 Tail gunner POW Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow

 

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