Joseph Robert Sawicki
Military ROLL OF HONOURIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Shot down 29 November 1943 in B-17 #42-29498 'Dark Horse', Killed in Action (KIA).
Despite the lost of his left arm at the elbow and grave abdominal wounds, Sergeant Sawicki, tail gunner on Fyler's crew, booted the two wounded and disabled waist gunners to safe parachute landings over Nazi Germany. Sawicki then collapsed of his wounds and was found dead in the wreckage of the Dark Horse. Attempts to get a Medal of Honor for Sawicki have been made by Fyler.
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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: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31201008
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Dark Horse, a.k.a. Mumsie
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 29 November 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
21 May 1943 | Residence: Wayne County, Michigan | |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 29 November 1943 | |
Born |
Michigan, USA |
Revisions
Changed the label of the “Died” event to "Killed in Action (KIA)" per info in the "Summary biography".
2016-11-01 Data from Duplicate file https://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/136145 relocated to this file.
MACR 1652
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=2&cat=WR26&t…
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1657