The pilot's name was Ernest John Kulik (not John Ernest Kulik).
He was a career Air Force officer and died in 2000.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg...&GRid=49242594
see this link:
http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/f...t.asp?id=11764
He was a First Lieutenant USAAF, 379th Bomb Squadron, 310th Bomb Group (flying B-25J 43-4098), based on Corsica. He was shot down on 10 June 1944 at 11:47 on a mission to bomb a bridge (RR bridge at Calafuria). The plane was hit by flak in the left wing behind the engine and immediately caught fire. The plane left the formation and crashed. The last seen location is given as Q-0541. The tail gunner bailed out but his chute caught fire. Kulik may have been the only other one to successfully bail out. At least two others also bailed out but their chutes were also on fire. Kulik was the only survivor from his crew. The other five crewmen were buried near Leghorn (Livorno). Kulik was apparently captured?, but subsequently escaped and evaded. The MACR is 5828.
Other crewmen: CoP: Robert Damon; Bomb: Alexander D Allen; Radio Opr-Gunner: Irving H Ross; Gunner: Willard J Archambeau; Tail-Gunner: Clarence I Knobeloch.
The MACR includes a summary page from his E&E report, which is dated July 13, 1944, so by that date he had RTD (returned to duty). In it he states that after he gave the bail out order he remained in his seat for about a minute as the copilot left his seat, the plane rolled over at went into a dive. Kulik had lost all communication with the crew as the inter-phone was out. The plane was burning as it went down and crashed and exploded on the ground.
For those with fold3 access, MACR starts at:
http://www.fold3.com/image/28626948/
You may be able to order a copy of his papers from AFHRA and also a copy of his Escape and Evasion report.
His name is mentioned in these two links about partisan activity, (In Italian). It appears that he was aided in his escape.
http://ricerca.gelocal.it/iltirreno/...7PO_JXXAA.html
http://ricerca.gelocal.it/iltirreno/...6PO_JXXZZ.html