Eugene P Szulczewski

Military
media-24438.jpeg UPL 24438 Crew members of Bomb' N Belle :
Back, left to right : Joseph Keenan; Robert Sasse, Edward Frost and Raymond McCarthy.
Front, left to right : Eugene Szulczewski, Paul Dickerson, Richard Kindig (not Kindic !) and Andrew Marcin (not Marsin !) Hutchinson & Cortright

Corrected 2 names in the crew photo
MACR 4938

Object Number - UPL 24438 - Crew members of Bomb' N Belle : Back, left to right : Joseph Keenan; Robert Sasse, Edward Frost and Raymond McCarthy. Front, left to right : Eugene...

Shot down 20 May 1944 in B-17 #42-37864. Evaded (EVD). After landing near Rekem, just inside Belgium, West of Maastricht (The Netherlands), he was hidden there then guided to the Liège, Belgium area and liberated there by US troops in the first half of September 1944. His Escape & Evasion Report E&E 2246 erroneously mentions his birth date as 27 May 1921... MACR 4938 mentions he was married to Helen T. Szulczewski (before leaving for England). Helen Teresa predeceased him in March 2007 and rests in the same cemetery.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35201269
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16037453 at enlistment, then O-568222
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12120493 at enlistment, then O-700733
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35549145
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33261086
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bombn Belle
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 447th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron 709th Bomb Squadron 812th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Marty
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

27 March 1923 Pennsylvania

Enlisted

30 July 1941 Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania

Other

Bailed out

20 May 1944 of B-17 #42-37864 over Holland, landed in Rekem, Belgium

Other

Evaded capture

Liege, Belgium 20 May 1944 - 15 September 1944 with the help of Belgian citizens and members of the Résistance. Liberated in Lège by US troops. Back in London 21 September 1944.

Died

4 January 2015
Whitestone, New York

Buried

Eugene Szulczewski rests at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona in Phoenix, Arizona

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

MACR 4938
NARA WWII Enlistment records
Escape & Evasion Report E&E 2246
https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/143356810/eugene-p_-szulczewski

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4938 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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