Name | Klonowski, Francis Dominick ‡ |
Rank | Private / Sergeant |
Serial Number | 32265544 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #42 dated 4 July 1943, effective 4 July 1943. |
Duty | Tail Gunner / Flexible Gunner |
Last Duty Date | 16 March 1944 |
Results |
Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 3244⇓ (5.570 MB) |
Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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2nd Lt. Higdon, Philip Earl⇗ | Pilot | POW |
2nd Lt. Boyce, Ernest Marshall, Jr⇗ | Co-pilot | POW |
2nd Lt. Begab, Meyer (NMI)⇗ | Navigator | POW |
2nd Lt. Johnston, Lawrence Edwin, "Larry"⇗ | Bombardier | POW |
T/SGT. Boehm, Richard John⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | TR |
T/SGT. Jett, James Loveless⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | POW |
S/SGT. Cunningham, Kenneth Henry⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | TR |
PVT. Klonowski, Francis Dominick | Tail Gunner | POW |
S/SGT. Cronin, Willard John⇗ | Flexible Gunner | POW |
S/SGT. Jacobson, Joseph (NMI)⇗ | Flexible Gunner | KIA |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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10⇗ | 25 July 1943 |
Target: Blohm & Voss Aircraft Works and Shipyard Type: Industry Location: Hamburg, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑29927⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
11⇗ | 28 July 1943 |
Target: Aircraft Engine Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑29728⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
14⇗ | 12 August 1943 |
Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑29927⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Flak damaged three engines preventing full power. Sortie Report⇗ |
15⇗ | 15 August 1943 |
Target: Poix-en-Picardie and Amiens-Glisy Airfields Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Poix-de-Picardie & Amiens, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑29651⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑29703. Turned back for unknown reasons. Sortie Report⇗ |
16⇗ | 16 August 1943 |
Target: Le Bourget Airport & Air Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑3440⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back at Splasher 11 at 0830 hrs because of an excessive amount of oil coming from #2 engine, which was then feathered. Sortie Report⇗ |
17⇗ | 17 August 1943 |
Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑3074⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Turned back when #2 engine failed. Supporting documents reveal that the crew received combat credit for this mission. Sortie Report⇗ |
75⇗ | 16 March 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑37848⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑97510. After bombing target at 1325 hrs, lost altitude and flew just above undercast; continued in this way for 1.5 hrs and then was lost from sight; damaged by flak; crashed near Grivillers, France. MACR 3244 Sortie Report⇗ |