Bronislaus J. Kubis                                                                            Updated: 04 JUL 2016

Airman: e667048.htm Surname: Kubis Init: B J Rank: Sgt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 338

P_link: p196.htm Plane: B17 4230401 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: North Sea off G

Crash_d: d280743 Buried_d: e667 C_link: e667.htm At_Next: USA

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)
Nationwide Gravesite Locator har samme data om hans gravsted.

1 flyver fra B17 42-30401 blev begravet i Esbjerg, 1 i Kirkeby på Rømø og 1 i USA. 7 flyvere har ingen kendt grav. (6 mindet i CAMBRIDGE, 1 i NETHERLANDS)

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)
Nationwide Gravesite Locator has the same data about his gravesite.

1 airman from B17 42-30401 was buried in Esbjerg, 1 in Kirkeby, Rømø, and 1 in the U.S.A. 7 airmen have no known grave. (6 CAM, 1 NET)

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.