| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-95-BO: 42-30232 to 42-30331 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 94th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 410th Bomb Squadron |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (22 June 1943) |
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History of
B-17 42-30240 / Black Kitten
Delivered Cheyenne 1/5/43; Smoky Hill 12/5/43; Kearney 26/5/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned: 410BS/94BG [GL- ] Earls Colne 7/6/43; Rougham 13/6/43; MIA Huls 22/6/43 Pilot: Jack McFarland, Co-Pilot: Ralph Head, Navigator: Fred England, Bombardier: George Howell, Radio Operator: Finn Burnett, Waist Gunner: Carl Cook, Tail Gunner: Luther Wilson (7POW); Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Willard Eisenhart, Ball Turret Gunner: Tadeusz Diakow-Stawasz, Waist Gunner: Norman Woody (3KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Pfalzdorf, Germany. No MACR. BLACK KITTEN.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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B-17 42-30240 / Black Kitten Details
Shot down by Georg Schott in a Fw 190A-5 of 1./JG 1
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This page was last updated on 04 July 2018
25. January 2020 access_time 5:48
Dad was in the ball turret when the plane was getting shot down
18. June 2020 access_time 5:09
Hello. Can you please send me an email? Tadeusz Diakow-Stawasz is commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery in Belgium and I have ordered his Individual Deceased Personnel File.
24. September 2020 access_time 1:47
Hi, I hope you have received his file by now. Sorry I did not notice your post until today. Please email me. God Bless You for honoring our lost airmen!
29. August 2021 access_time 14:22
Would it be possible to send me the IDPF of Sgt Daikow-Stawasz for research about him, thnanks
26. September 2020 access_time 9:25
Hello Carl S. Cook Jr.,
I have sent your email adress to Aimee Fogg.
Cheers
Jing