F. W. Haminski                                                                                    Updated:  02 JUL 2012

Airman: e667033.htm Surname: Haminski Init: F W Rank: 2ndLt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 563

P_link: p192.htm Plane: B17 42-5907 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: The North Sea

Crash_d: d250743 Buried_d: e667 C_link: e667.htm At_Next: USA

Den 25. juli 1943 styrtede B17 42-5907 i Nordsøen på hjemturen fra et bombetogt mod Westrow. Hele besætningen omkom.

2nd Lieutenant F.W. Haminski var Navigator på B17 42-5907. Han er nu begravet i USA. (Kilde: AOD)

1 flyver fra B17 42-5907 blev begravet i Lemvig og 1 er nu begravet i USA. 8 flyvere har ingen kendt grav.

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 25 July 1943 B17 42-5907 crashed into the North Sea on the return flight from a bombing raid on Westrow. All of the crew perished.

2nd Lieutenant F.W. Haminski was the Navigator of B17 42-5907. Now he is buried in the USA. (Source: AOD)

1 airman from B17 42-5907 was buried in Lemvig and 1 is now buried in the USA. 8 airmen have no known grave.

See a drawing of the crew of a B-17, Photo of  a B-17 + B-17s in airmen.dk and B-17 Ball Turret, Ammunition and the story of a Ball Turret Gunner.

B17 42-5907 was from 563 BS, 388 Bomb Group, 45 CBW, 3 BD, 8 AF. This B-17 Flying Fortress took off from RAF Knettishall - USAAF Station 136.

10 airmen.