Bio

My Father-in-law Lt. John Malik was the Co-Pilot of B17F No. 42-3348 DOTTIE J III 96th BG(H), 337th BSQN Snetterton Heath. His B17 was shot down on October 14th, 1943 BLACK THURSDAY the 2nd Schweinfurt Raid. Aircraft commander was Lt. Raymond Bye. They crash landed near Lérouville France, crew survived. John was captured and ultimately sent to Salag Luft 1 where was interred for 19 months until the camp was liberated in May 1945.