Nick served as a Staff Sergeant and Tail Gunner on B-17 "Rain of Terror" (#42-5391), 401st Bomber Squadron, 91st Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Lucas County, Ohio prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on July 9, 1942 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. He was noted as being employed as a Guard and/or watchmen and also as Single, without dependents.
Nick was "Killed In Action", along with one other member of his crew, when his plane, after being severely damaged while on a mission to Schweinfurt, Germany, had to ditch in the North Sea during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
The 91st Bomber Group lost 11 B-17's on this mission.
Service # 15104366
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The Two crew member lost on the "Rain of Terror" (#42-5391):
Sandorff, Nick, S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Ohio
Snell, Donald J., S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, Massachusetts
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Eight members of the crew became POW's:
Carroll, William R., S/Sgt, Waist Gunner
Collins, Gust E., T/Sgt, Radio-Op
Flanagan, Robert F., T/Sgt, Engineer
Oltman, Raymond C., S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner
Scott, Roy W., 1st Lt, Navigator
Vetter, Robert A., FO, Co-Pilot
Walker, Robert B., 1st Lt, Pilot
Zedonek, George O., S/Sgt, Bombardier
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Seven of the other 10 B-17's Lost on this mission:
( Some crew members shown under below Crew Member's record )
Warner, Harry K., Jr., 2nd Lt, "The Eagle's Wrath" (#41-24524)
McCain, Walter L., Jr., 1st Lt, "Thunderbird" (#42-5172)
Lindsey, Nathan F., 1st Lt, "Short Snorter III" (#42-5337)
Coppage, Everet A, 2nd Lt, "The Sky Wolf II" (#42-29574)
Primeau, Donald, 2nd Lt, "Stormy Weather" (#42-5225)
Weieneth, Arlynn E., 1st Lt, "Frank's Nightmare" (#42-5437)
Wilson, John W., 1st Lt, "Hellsapoppin" (#41-24459)
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He resided in Lucas County, Ohio prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on July 9, 1942 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. He was noted as being employed as a Guard and/or watchmen and also as Single, without dependents.
Nick was "Killed In Action", along with one other member of his crew, when his plane, after being severely damaged while on a mission to Schweinfurt, Germany, had to ditch in the North Sea during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
The 91st Bomber Group lost 11 B-17's on this mission.
Service # 15104366
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Two crew member lost on the "Rain of Terror" (#42-5391):
Sandorff, Nick, S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Ohio
Snell, Donald J., S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, Massachusetts
~~~~~~~~~
Eight members of the crew became POW's:
Carroll, William R., S/Sgt, Waist Gunner
Collins, Gust E., T/Sgt, Radio-Op
Flanagan, Robert F., T/Sgt, Engineer
Oltman, Raymond C., S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner
Scott, Roy W., 1st Lt, Navigator
Vetter, Robert A., FO, Co-Pilot
Walker, Robert B., 1st Lt, Pilot
Zedonek, George O., S/Sgt, Bombardier
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Seven of the other 10 B-17's Lost on this mission:
( Some crew members shown under below Crew Member's record )
Warner, Harry K., Jr., 2nd Lt, "The Eagle's Wrath" (#41-24524)
McCain, Walter L., Jr., 1st Lt, "Thunderbird" (#42-5172)
Lindsey, Nathan F., 1st Lt, "Short Snorter III" (#42-5337)
Coppage, Everet A, 2nd Lt, "The Sky Wolf II" (#42-29574)
Primeau, Donald, 2nd Lt, "Stormy Weather" (#42-5225)
Weieneth, Arlynn E., 1st Lt, "Frank's Nightmare" (#42-5437)
Wilson, John W., 1st Lt, "Hellsapoppin" (#41-24459)
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Nick served as a Staff Sergeant and Tail Gunner on B-17 "Rain of Terror" (#42-5391), 401st Bomber Squadron, 91st Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Lucas County, Ohio prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on July 9, 1942 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. He was noted as being employed as a Guard and/or watchmen and also as Single, without dependents.
Nick was "Killed In Action", along with one other member of his crew, when his plane, after being severely damaged while on a mission to Schweinfurt, Germany, had to ditch in the North Sea during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
The 91st Bomber Group lost 11 B-17's on this mission.
Service # 15104366
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Two crew member lost on the "Rain of Terror" (#42-5391):
Sandorff, Nick, S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Ohio
Snell, Donald J., S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, Massachusetts
~~~~~~~~~
Eight members of the crew became POW's:
Carroll, William R., S/Sgt, Waist Gunner
Collins, Gust E., T/Sgt, Radio-Op
Flanagan, Robert F., T/Sgt, Engineer
Oltman, Raymond C., S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner
Scott, Roy W., 1st Lt, Navigator
Vetter, Robert A., FO, Co-Pilot
Walker, Robert B., 1st Lt, Pilot
Zedonek, George O., S/Sgt, Bombardier
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Seven of the other 10 B-17's Lost on this mission:
( Some crew members shown under below Crew Member's record )
Warner, Harry K., Jr., 2nd Lt, "The Eagle's Wrath" (#41-24524)
McCain, Walter L., Jr., 1st Lt, "Thunderbird" (#42-5172)
Lindsey, Nathan F., 1st Lt, "Short Snorter III" (#42-5337)
Coppage, Everet A, 2nd Lt, "The Sky Wolf II" (#42-29574)
Primeau, Donald, 2nd Lt, "Stormy Weather" (#42-5225)
Weieneth, Arlynn E., 1st Lt, "Frank's Nightmare" (#42-5437)
Wilson, John W., 1st Lt, "Hellsapoppin" (#41-24459)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He resided in Lucas County, Ohio prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on July 9, 1942 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. He was noted as being employed as a Guard and/or watchmen and also as Single, without dependents.
Nick was "Killed In Action", along with one other member of his crew, when his plane, after being severely damaged while on a mission to Schweinfurt, Germany, had to ditch in the North Sea during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
The 91st Bomber Group lost 11 B-17's on this mission.
Service # 15104366
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Two crew member lost on the "Rain of Terror" (#42-5391):
Sandorff, Nick, S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Ohio
Snell, Donald J., S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, Massachusetts
~~~~~~~~~
Eight members of the crew became POW's:
Carroll, William R., S/Sgt, Waist Gunner
Collins, Gust E., T/Sgt, Radio-Op
Flanagan, Robert F., T/Sgt, Engineer
Oltman, Raymond C., S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner
Scott, Roy W., 1st Lt, Navigator
Vetter, Robert A., FO, Co-Pilot
Walker, Robert B., 1st Lt, Pilot
Zedonek, George O., S/Sgt, Bombardier
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Seven of the other 10 B-17's Lost on this mission:
( Some crew members shown under below Crew Member's record )
Warner, Harry K., Jr., 2nd Lt, "The Eagle's Wrath" (#41-24524)
McCain, Walter L., Jr., 1st Lt, "Thunderbird" (#42-5172)
Lindsey, Nathan F., 1st Lt, "Short Snorter III" (#42-5337)
Coppage, Everet A, 2nd Lt, "The Sky Wolf II" (#42-29574)
Primeau, Donald, 2nd Lt, "Stormy Weather" (#42-5225)
Weieneth, Arlynn E., 1st Lt, "Frank's Nightmare" (#42-5437)
Wilson, John W., 1st Lt, "Hellsapoppin" (#41-24459)
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