Den 28. juli 1943 styrtede B17 42-30401 i havet nær den tyske kyst efter at være ramt af en tysk jager. Flyet var på bombetogt til Oschersleben Airfield.
Hele besætningen omkom. (Kilde: FAF og AOD)

Sergeant Bronislaus J. Kubis var Left Waist Gunner på B17 42-30401. (Kilde: AOD)    
Hans navn er ikke i registret hos ABMC. Han blev begravet på Long Island National Cemetery, New York, USA, Plot J, 13827. (Via Google)

1 flyver fra B17 42-30401 blev begravet i Esbjerg og 1 i Kirkeby på Rømø. 8 flyvere har ingen kendt grav.

MACR p196 B17 42-30401: "4 amerikanske bombefly styrtede i Nordsøen mellem den tyske kyst og Helgoland den morgen." (Måske omkring her).
De 3 af dem må være B17 42-30401 * B17 42-3316 * B17 42-30394.

Se tegning af besætningen på en B-17, Foto af en B-17 + B-17 i airmen.dk samt B-17 Ball Turret, Ammunition og Ball Turret Gunner. 10 flyvere.

On 28 July 1943 B17 42-30401 crashed into the sea near the German Coast after it had been hit by fire from a German fighter.
The plane was on a bombing raid on Oschersleben A/F. All of the crew perished. (Source: FAF, AOD and MACR)

Sergeant Bronislaus J. Kubis was the Left Waist Gunner of B17 42-30401. (Source: AOD)
His name is not in the ABMC register. He was buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York, USA, Plot J, 13827. (Via Google)

1 airman from B17 42-30401 was buried in Esbjerg and 1 in Kirkeby, Rømø. 8 airmen have no known grave.

MACR p196 B17 42-30401: "4 USAAF bombers crashed in the North Sea between German Coast and Heligoland that morning." (Maybe about here).
3 of them must be B17 42-30401 * B17 42-3316 * B17 42-30394.

See a drawing of the crew of a B-17 * Photo of  a B-17 + B-17s in airmen.dk * B-17 Ball Turret, Ammunition and the story of a Ball Turret Gunner.
338 BS, 96 Bomb Group, 45 CBW, 3 BD, 8 AF. This B-17 Flying Fortress took off from RAF Snetterton Heath - USAAF Station 138. 10 airmen.