Edward A Zieminski

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 57257 - Edward A Zieminski

Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. On a mission to U-boat yards at St. Nazaire, France, the plane was last seen with an engine on fire heading toward Belle Isle. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 15727



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

Lieutenant Fort W. Lipe of the 303rd Bomb Group, signals 'V for Victory' from the cockpit of his B-17 Flying Fortress (GN-T, serial number 41-24610 ) nicknamed "Joe Btfsplk II". Passed for publication 16 Dec 1942. Printed caption on reverse: 'Lt. Fort W. Lipe, of the Air Corps, of Irving, Illinois was with the Owens-Illinois Glass Co. He is 23 and is engaged to Miss Edith Kesinger, of 314 North-St., Normal, Illinois. His greeting is silent, optimistic and emphatic. As O.P.S. he sends it in the V sign.' On
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Joe Btfsplk II
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Hartford County, Connecticut 24 July 1918

Died

Off Belle Isle 1 May 1943

Buried

Cambridge American Cemetery Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK

Buried

Northwood Cemetery Windsor, Hartford County, CT Memorialised Northwood Cemetery Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut

Based

Molesworth 1 May 1943 Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Missing Air Crew Report 15727

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs by Bishop and Hey pp. 112-3, ABMC

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