Stanley Joseph Hulewicz Jr
MilitaryFront row, from left to right : Bernard J. Komasinski, pilot; Winfield Scott Gippert, Co-Pilot; Edgar W. Michaels, Navigator; Charles H. Lain, Bombardier.
Back row, from left to right : Stanley J. Hulewicz Jr, Tail Gunner; Frank LaFazia, Ball Turret Gunner and Assistant Engineer; John H. McKee, Radio Operator/Gunner; Nelson E. Brott, Right Waist Gunner and Assistant Radio Operator; Walter E. Bohenko, Left Waist Gunner and Frank N. Schaeffer, Engineer. (Photo courtesy of Frank N. Schaeffer.)
► Note : Ball Turret Gunner LaFazia was replaced by S/Sgt Coley W. Richardson (not in the photo) for the 8 August 1944 mission when the Komasinski crew was shot down in B-24 "My Peach" Serial 42-100415.
Added photo of the Komasinski crew
A machinist when he enlisted in the Air Corps in August 1943, Stanley Hulewicz was sent overseas in 1944 and was assigned to the 44th Bomb Group/506th Bomb Squadron in Shipdham, England. On his 4th mission, he was Tail Gunner on B-24 # 42-100415 when it ran into mechanical trouble on return in the afternoon from the 8 August 1944 mission to bomb the airfield at Romilly-sur-Seine, France. He and seven other crew members managed to evade with the help of French patriots. Soon joined by Navigator Edgar Michaels, Bombardier Charles Lain and Left Waist Gunner Walter Bohenko, Hulewicz and his comrades were helped in their evasion of capture by French patriots and underground fighters. Liberated by US troops, Hulewicz, Lain, Michaels and Bohenko were together at US 3rd Army HQ in Reims together with their Pilot Bernard Komasinski, Co-Pilot Winfield Gippert, Top Turret Gunner Nelson Brott. All left Laval, France, by air in a C-47, landing in Grove, England on 31 August 1944. Escape & Evasion Report E&E 1299. Honorably discharged from the service on 25 January 1946, Stanley lived with wife Rose in Cleveland, Ohio until his premature death in August 1951.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16079990
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator/Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13128486 and O-717473
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34129217
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16116632
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Cleveland, Ohio, United States | 15 May 1917 | the son of Stanley J. and Frances (Noskowski) Hulewicz |
Enlisted |
Cleveland, Ohio, United States | 19 August 1943 | |
Other Evaded (EVD) |
Marne, France | 8 August 1944 - 27 August 1944 | Landed in the vicinity of Vauchamps (Marne), France. Helped by French patriots, he was hidden in woods in the Marne region and was liberated by US troops. Back in England 31 August 1944. Escape & Evasion Report E&E 1299. |
Died |
Cleveland, Ohio, United States | 8 August 1951 | |
Cleveland, Ohio, United States | |||
Buried |
Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio, United States |
Revisions
NARA file verified Air Medal. Without the personnel file, it is unknown how many campaigns he participated in regarding the EAME Campaign Medal or award of the Good Conduct Medal.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8080 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database