Ted R Cetnarowski
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UPL 50711
T/Sgt. Chet Cetnarowski (Top Turret Gunner/Engineer from the Eugene "Jug" Lockhart crew) is standing on the tail of a/c #591 (The Shamrock Special) examining the damage done when Col. Wurzbach landed with no brakes and rammed into 591 which was parked on the line.
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY THE FAMILY OF M.H. (BILL) JEWETT
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY THE FAMILY OF M.H. (BILL) JEWETT
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Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #423043 'Hitler's Gremlin. ' Plane ditched in North Sea. Returned to base. Earlier on April 7, 1943, ferrying B17 42-29651 'Stella Maris' from Marrakech to Cornwall, encountered enemy fire. Landed near Dorset. Crew was safe. Both Sherwin and Granville Williams were with him both times.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Stella
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor9, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey pp 101-2, 237