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Name:
Walter Bernard Swietoniowski
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
32038974
Unit:
338th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1944-02-06
State:
Cemetery:
Saint Joseph's Cemetery, Fleming, New York
Plot:
Section 42
Row:
Lot 23
Grave:
1-NW
Decoration:
Comments:
Staff Sergeant William Swietoniowski, gunner of the B-17 Fortress G-75-BO - 42-38015, took off from station 138 in Snetterton Heath, Norfolk, for Romilly-sur-Seine. Above the town of Pisseleux, a mile from Villers-Cotterets, the bomber was shot down by Lt Willius Karl’s Fw190 fighter at 1043, on February 6th, 1944.