John Ladislaus Borowski
Military
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UPL 37017
Wilbur H. Turner Crew
446th BG - 705th BS
Standing Left to Right: Willard A. Hill (CP), Blaine H. Barritt (B), Wilbur H. Turner (P), Hyman Natkis (N)
Kneeling Left to Right: Waldo W. Glass (RO), A.C. Brossett (WG), Dean G. Aitken (BTG), Joseph J. Sabarich (TTG), Harry F. Meeker (TG), John Borowski (G)
446th BG - 705th BS
Standing Left to Right: Willard A. Hill (CP), Blaine H. Barritt (B), Wilbur H. Turner (P), Hyman Natkis (N)
Kneeling Left to Right: Waldo W. Glass (RO), A.C. Brossett (WG), Dean G. Aitken (BTG), Joseph J. Sabarich (TTG), Harry F. Meeker (TG), John Borowski (G)
B-24 'Do-Jim-Don' #42-94859 shot down by flak and fighter aircraft, crashed near Rennes 12 June 1944. Evaded (EVD)
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-792356
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Dodgin Don
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Flixton
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Cicero, Illinois | 12 August 1916 | |
Enlisted |
Chicago, Illinois | 8 June 1942 | |
Other Shot Down/Evadee |
Chartes de Bretagne, France | 12 June 1944 | |
Died |
Chicago, Illinois | 20 January 1997 |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5802; The 446 Revisited, pg 246