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 Den 9. oktober 1943 kl. 13.45 styrtede
B17 42-29711 i Østersøen 7 til 8 sømil øst for
Gedser Odde (omkring
her).
(Kilde: MACR)
"Den 9. oktober 1943 passerede store styrker amerikanske bombere over Danmark på
vej til og fra bombemål i Østpreussen, Danzig, Polen og den østlige
del af Tyskland. Et B-17 fly udsendt mod Anklam (her)
nedstyrtede denne dag i Østersøen. Hele besætningen omkom." (FAF)
Staff Sergeant Joseph Bielecki var
Assistant Radio Operator på
B17 42-29711. (Kilde: MACR)
Han har
ingen
kendt grav.
Hans navn findes på Tablets of the Missing,
Cambridge American
Cemetery, England.
Han kom i tjenesten fra Michigan. Hæderstegn:
Air Medal, Purple Heart.
(Kilde: ABMC)
5 flyvere fra
B17 42-29711 blev begravet på Svinø Kirkegård. 2 blev
begravet i Sverige og 3 har ingen kendt grav.
Se
Tegning af besætningen på
en B-17*Foto
af en B-17 + B-17 i airmen.dk*B-17
Ball Turret, Ammunition og Ball Turret Gunner*B-17
Flyvende Fæstning. 10 flyvere.
 On 9 October 1943 at 1345 hours
B17 42-29711 crashed into the Baltic Sea 7 to 8 nautical
miles east of Gedser Head (about
here). (Source:
MACR)
"On 9 October 1943 great formations of American bombers flew over Denmark to or
from targets for bombing raids in East Preussia, Danzig (Gdansk), Poland
and the eastern part of Germany. This day a B-17 targeting Anklam (here)
crashed into the Baltic Sea. All of the crew perished." (FAF)
Staff Sergeant Joseph Bielecki was the
Assistant Radio Operator of
B17 42-29711. (Source: MACR)
He has
no known grave.
His name is inscribed on Tablets of the Missing
at
Cambridge American
Cemetery, England.
He entered the Service from Michigan.
Awards:
Air Medal, Purple Heart.
(Source: ABMC)
5 airmen from
B17 42-29711 were buried in Svinø Churchyard. 2 were
buried in Sweden and 3 have no known grave.
See
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.
This B-17 was from
322 BS, 91
BG, 1 CBW, 1 BD of the 8 AF. It took off from
RAF Bassingbourn
which was used by
91st Bombardment Group (Heavy).
See the website of 91st Bomb Group (H)
with 1943
Dailies of the 322nd Squadron and
Photo of
Pinning's Crew of Chief Sly III and details.
10 airmen.
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