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KrisJG3 23rd December 2013 00:27

Boening B-17G Flying Fortress 42-32104 „St. Francis”
 
Have found in Poland:

Boening B-17G-35-BO Flying Fortress nr 42-32104 from 419. Division – 301. Bomb Grupe – 5. Bombing Wing – 15. Army USAAF with owne name: „St. Francis” .

Crew of 42-32104 "St. Francis" crashed at Poland in Wilamowice near to Oświęcim (Concentracion Camp) on 17 December 1944 :

http://www.andrychow.pl/modules/Subj...a2jerzyboc.jpg

1st Pilot Lt. Michael J. Kearns POW
2 Lt. David M. Jones escape
Navigator F/O Robert O. Fitzsimmons POW
Bombardier Sgt. Leo J. Dyga POW
Radiooperator Sgt. Joe D. Chapman POW
Mechanic Sgt. Eugene A. Tinley POW
Downer gunner Sgt. Ivan J. Hughes POW
Side gunner Sgt. Chester J. Janiak or Janlak POW
Side gunner Sgt. Charles R. Mohollen POW
Tail gunner Sgt. Alvin J. Ellin or Ellen or Elbin KIA ---> exhumation: http://www.andrychow.pl/modules/Subj...p_image020.jpg

Source (photos of crash point):
http://www.andrychow.pl/modules.php?...age&pageid=363


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