Stephen R Bosowski

Military

Attacked by fighters after the bombing mission to Leipzig on 20 Feb 1944, B-17G #42-31518 'Doolittle's Doughboys' left formation and attempted to reach Sweden but was hit again by fighters. The remaining crew baled out before the aircraft exploded and crashed near Magdeburg, GR. Prisoner of War (POW).



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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Doolittle's Doughboys
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 20 February 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2437 / MACR 2437, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2863 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database