Joseph J Biernacki

Military
media-24085.jpeg UPL 24085 Lt. Mack and crew of the 303rd Bomb Group based In England. 22 July 1943.

Rear L-R: S/Sgt Andrew C Peterson [Ball], S/Sgt Joseph J Biernacki [Tail], T/Sgt Salvatore J Cicinelli [Radio], T/Sgt Daniel T Deitch [Eng/Top], S/Sgt Carl C Stewart [L Waist].

Front L-R: 2Lt Ragnar Barhaug [Co], 1Lt David W Mack [P], 2Lt Charles J Cox [Bomb], 2Lt Roland M Smith [Nav].

NARA Ref 342-FH-3A10445-61820AC.

Object Number - UPL 24085 - Lt. Mack and crew of the 303rd Bomb Group based In England. 22 July 1943. Rear L-R: S/Sgt Andrew C Peterson [Ball], S/Sgt Joseph J Biernacki...

Assigned to 360BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 14 x missions (first on 16 april 43). Shot down 25-Jun-43 in B-17 42-5382 'The Witch's Tit'. Prisoner of War (POW).



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Witche's Tit
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

3 July 1915

Other

Shot down

Oldenburg, Germany 25 June 1943 Shot down 25-Jun-43 in B-17 42-5382 'The Witch's Tit'. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 25 June 1943 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Died

27 March 2002

Based

Molesworth 25 June 1943 Assigned to 360BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor

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