Casimer L Bukowski
Military
Back Row (L-R);
T/Sgt. Notra Bright, Top Turret Gunner;
S/Sgt. Casimer Bukowski, Left Waist Gunner / 2nd Engineer;
T/Sgt. Edward Doherty, Radio Operator / Gunner;
S/Sgt. Burling Larson, Ball Turret Gunner;
S/Sgt. Henry Krzyak, Right Waist Gunner;
S/Sgt. Arthur Butler, Tail Gunner.
Front row (L-R):
1st Lt. Francis Flaherty, Pilot;
2nd Lt. John Hoffer, Co-pilot;
2nd Lt. Benjamin Saporta, Navigator;
2nd Lt. William Farrell, Bombardier.
Photo courtesy of Casimer Bukowski.
Object Number - UPL 41825 - Crew of B-17 42-31443, "Friday the 13th", 381st Bomb Group, 532nd Bomb Squadron. Back Row (L-R); T/Sgt. Notra Bright, Top Turret Gunner; S/Sgt....
Part of Flaherty Crew. Shot down by fighters and crashed near Bielefeld, Germany on a mission to Oscherleben, GR on 22 Feb 1944 in B-17G 42-31443 'Friday the 13th'. Spent 15 months in a Prisoner of War (POW) camp, Stalag Luft 4. Served rotten potatoes and grass soup.
Awards: AM (2OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Friday the 13th
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Buffalo, New York | 4 June 1924 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 22 February 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Based |
22 February 1944 | Assigned to |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / said relative but had all wrong info/MACR 2930, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces
