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Old 2nd October 2017, 18:48
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Re: War Correspondent Harold W.Kulik

His name was Harold W Kulick and he worked as a photographer for Popular Science.
The story is he was killed when the B-26 he was in tried to land at/near the base after having been hit by flak on a mission to France (possibly near Paris). The pilot and co-pilot were also killed in the crash according to some newspaper reports at the time. This was Harold's second such mission. He is buried in Cambridge American Cemetery. (Note year of death is incorrect): https://abmc.gov/node/541034#.WdJtk49SzMo


Now trying to track down what plane that might have been is a little more difficult.

There was a B-26 from the 386th BG that crashed on 10 August 1944. (Some reports have the crash on 18 August, I believe in error). The pilot was Carol V Larson https://abmc.gov/node/541098#.WdJos49SzMo

and the co-pilot was Donald D Tanck: https://abmc.gov/node/544154#.WdJsp49SzMo

A little more detail on Larson's findagrave site, in particular a description of why the plane crash-landed (apparently out of gas):
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/f...&GRid=56291618

Tanck:
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/f...&GRid=56294835

Kulick:
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/f...&GRid=56291523

The plane was 41-31832 ("Bad Penny 2nd"). Search for Tanck on this page: http://www.b26.com/guestbook/2011.htm

Note there was no mention of "Kulick" in the post above so.... was there another B-26 crash on 10 August in which the pilot and co-pilot were also killed? There is no MACR that mentions Kulick (and none for 41-31832 either). That may not be surprising as no crew were missing.

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