Victor S Zienowicz
Military ROLL OF HONOUROn 18 November 1942 while serving as the pilot of B-17F #41-24499 'Fury' the bombs could not be released on the U-Boat pens at La Pallice, France, so were jettisoned upon return in an open field. 10 miles SW of Exeter, the aircraft collided with #41-24553 'Mizpah' which was able to land safely. However, #41-24499 landed at RAF Turweston and was salvaged.
Shot down 23 November 1942 in B-17 #41-24479 'Sad Sack' while serving as pilot. The aircraft crashed into the English Channel, no traces of the aircraft or crew were ever found.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16043224
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-437102
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-728177
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-727094
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 23 November 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 22 November 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 18 November 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 7 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Mid-Air Collision (MAC) |
Turweston, Brackley, Buckinghamshire NN13, UK | 18 November 1942 | He was pilot of aircraft B-17F 41-24499 'Fury' which collided with B-17F 41-24553 'Mizpah'. Both aircraft landed safely, 'Fury" at RAF Station Turweston and 'Mizpah' at Yeovilton. |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
English Channel | 23 November 1942 | Killed in action when his aircraft was shot down by German fighters and crashed into the English Channel. His remains were never recovered. |
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Other Commemorated |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 29-Nov-2014. Finally got MAC event to post correctly.
Lee Cunningham 29-Nov-2014. Edited biography and added added MAC event per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hery MBE; Added KIA event per MACR 16273. Also made aircraft connections.
Lee Cunningham 5-Nov-2014. Missing Air Crew Report (MACr)16273; American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC).
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16273 / MACR 16273, Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces Volume I by Bishop and Hey p. 47 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database