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DAVID W. MACK CREW - 360th BS
(crew assigned 360BS: 05 April 1943)

(Back L-R) S/Sgt Andrew C. Peterson (BT-KIA), S/Sgt Joseph J. Biernacki (TG-POW),
T/Sgt Salvatore J. Cicinelli (R-POW), T/Sgt Daniel T. Deitch (E-POW),
S/Sgt Carl C. Stewart (LWG-POW)

(Front L-R) 2Lt Ragnar Barhaug (CP-POW), 1Lt David W. Mack (P-POW),
2Lt Charles J. Cox (B-POW), 2Lt Roland M. Smith (N-POW)

Not in photo: S/Sgt Robert E. Spitzfaden (RWG-POW)

(KIA-POW) on 25 June 1943 mission #44 to Hamburg, Germany in B-17F #42-5382 Witches Tit (360BS) PU-E. The B-17 was lost after being hit by anti-aircraft gun fire. Crashed in the Oldenburg, Germany area. This was the first mission of the new 41st CBW 303rd, 379th & 384th BG(H) team that remained intact during the balance of the WWII 8th AF air war.

[photo from the 303rdBGA Archives - identification by Joe Biernacki]
[Researched by 303rdBGA Historian Harry D. Gobrecht]