Antonio Bednarchuk
Military![Staff Sergeant Antoni Bednarchuk, a tail gunner of the 303rd Bomb Group, holds the group's mascot by the tail guns of a B-17 Flying Fortress. Image stamped on reverse: 'Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.' [stamp]. 'Passed for Publication 19 April 1943.' [stamp], 'Not to be Published before 20 April 1943.' [printed note] and '257534.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Former bus driver at Providence, R.I. S/Sgt (Gunner) Antoni Bednarchuk,aged 27 has now taken 8 trips by air against the Germans. He has](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/wysiwyg_x2/public/freeman/media-378795.jpg.webp?itok=_mePJ0O8)
Object Number - FRE 926 - Staff Sergeant Antoni Bednarchuk, a tail gunner of the 303rd Bomb Group, holds the group's mascot by the tail guns of a B-17 Flying Fortress. Image...
1 May-42 Assigned as Tail Gunner on B-17F 41-24612 [GN-R] "The Devil Himself" at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. 26-Oct-42 Arrived at Molesworth, UK on "The Devil Himself".
He flew with nine different crews of the 303BG/427BS over the course of completing his 25-mission tour on 12-Aug-43.
Mission Participations (UNDER CONSTRUCTION) See Biography events.
Connections
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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
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 22 November 1942
- Official Description: 11 HBs attack Lorient-Keroma 17 U-boat base.
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Asssigned to Aircraft |
Boise, ID, USA | 1 May 1942 | Assigned as Tail Gunner of B-17F 41-24612 "The Devil Himself", 303BG/427BS at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. |
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Other Arrived in UK |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 26 October 1942 | Arrived at Molesworth, UK as Tail Gunner aboard B-17F 41-24612 "The Devil Himself", 303BG/427BS. |
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Other Mission #1, SSGT Antonio Bednarchuk, w/B-17F 41-24607, 303BG/427BS |
Lorient, France | 22 November 1942 | Served as Tail Gunner on B-17F 41-24607 "Jerry JinX", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb th U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. RTB OK. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 18-Feb-2016. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 22-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/003.pdf
Lee Cunningham 18-Feb-2016. Added Arrived in UK event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Ralph S. Hayes crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-hayes.html
Lee Cunningham 18-Feb-2016. AddedAssigend to Aircraft event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Ralph S. Hayes crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-hayes.html
Lee Cunningham 18-Feb-2016. Added Summary Biography and made connections to Place, AIrcraft (through 23-Jan-43) and Missions (through 23-Jan-43) per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Ralph S. Hayes crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-hayes.html
Award associated from Freeman Collection image caption.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster
![Staff Sergeant Antoni Bednarchuk, a tail gunner of the 303rd Bomb Group, holds the group's mascot by the tail guns of a B-17 Flying Fortress. Image stamped on reverse: 'Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.' [stamp]. 'Passed for Publication 19 April 1943.' [stamp], 'Not to be Published before 20 April 1943.' [printed note] and '257534.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Former bus driver at Providence, R.I. S/Sgt (Gunner) Antoni Bednarchuk,aged 27 has now taken 8 trips by air against the Germans. He has](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-378795.jpg.webp?itok=1wM5woUV)