Stanley Joseph Lejkowski

Military

Stanley Lejkowski was Waist Gunner on B-17G #42-38035 involved in a mid-air collision over Ostend, Belgium with B-17 #43-38273 (also 550th BS) on 1 March 1945 (mission to Ulm, Germany.) He was the sole survivor of the crash and was cared for in a Belgian hospital before being returned to England.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.

385th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Charles Leroy Abney

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39551795
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

George Conrad Burger

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-782153
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Harry Edwin Clabaugh

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36441410
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Aerial Gunner

James William Hendon

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34834337
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Robert Emmett Keenan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 02064267
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

42-38035

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mr Lucky
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron

43-38273

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sugar Jo
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Fort Devens, Massachusetts, United States 30 November 1943 as a Private in the Air Corps

Other

survived

near Ostend, Belgium 1 March 1945 the crash of 43-38273 involved in a mid-air collision over Ostend with 42-38035 on 1 March 1945 (mission to Ulm, Germany)

Died

New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States 9 August 2002
New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States

Buried

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Sources

NARA WWII Enlistment Records
MACR 16036