Staff Sergeant Popiolek served with the 704th
Bomb Squadron, 446th Bomb Group, 8th Air
Force, World War II.
He was Killed In Action aboard B-24H Liberator
#42-7583, nicknamed "Wee Willie."
While on bombing mission over a German-held
airfield at Orleans, France, the bombs were
dropped through closed bomb bay doors, and a
section of the damaged door struck the tail,
causing the aircraft to go into an
unrecoverable spin. All ten airmen aboard
were killed. He was on his 48th combat mission.
Son of Joseph and Rozalia Popiolek, of
Camden, New Jersey.
The crew lost on his flight were:
1st Lt. James C Blackwood, Pilot
1st Lt. Harold W Turner, Co-pilot
1st Lt. Hugh R Hunter, Navigator
T/Sgt. Christopher M Chism, Radio Operator
T/Sgt. Carl P Gochnauer, Right waist gunner
T/Sgt. Herbert E Shafer, Flt. Engineer
S/Sgt. Murray G Glanzrock, Left waist gunner
Sgt. Joseph R Markus, Nose gunner
S/Sgt. Chris Mosckou, Ball turret gunner
Bomb Squadron, 446th Bomb Group, 8th Air
Force, World War II.
He was Killed In Action aboard B-24H Liberator
#42-7583, nicknamed "Wee Willie."
While on bombing mission over a German-held
airfield at Orleans, France, the bombs were
dropped through closed bomb bay doors, and a
section of the damaged door struck the tail,
causing the aircraft to go into an
unrecoverable spin. All ten airmen aboard
were killed. He was on his 48th combat mission.
Son of Joseph and Rozalia Popiolek, of
Camden, New Jersey.
The crew lost on his flight were:
1st Lt. James C Blackwood, Pilot
1st Lt. Harold W Turner, Co-pilot
1st Lt. Hugh R Hunter, Navigator
T/Sgt. Christopher M Chism, Radio Operator
T/Sgt. Carl P Gochnauer, Right waist gunner
T/Sgt. Herbert E Shafer, Flt. Engineer
S/Sgt. Murray G Glanzrock, Left waist gunner
Sgt. Joseph R Markus, Nose gunner
S/Sgt. Chris Mosckou, Ball turret gunner
Staff Sergeant Popiolek served with the 704th
Bomb Squadron, 446th Bomb Group, 8th Air
Force, World War II.
He was Killed In Action aboard B-24H Liberator
#42-7583, nicknamed "Wee Willie."
While on bombing mission over a German-held
airfield at Orleans, France, the bombs were
dropped through closed bomb bay doors, and a
section of the damaged door struck the tail,
causing the aircraft to go into an
unrecoverable spin. All ten airmen aboard
were killed. He was on his 48th combat mission.
Son of Joseph and Rozalia Popiolek, of
Camden, New Jersey.
The crew lost on his flight were:
1st Lt. James C Blackwood, Pilot
1st Lt. Harold W Turner, Co-pilot
1st Lt. Hugh R Hunter, Navigator
T/Sgt. Christopher M Chism, Radio Operator
T/Sgt. Carl P Gochnauer, Right waist gunner
T/Sgt. Herbert E Shafer, Flt. Engineer
S/Sgt. Murray G Glanzrock, Left waist gunner
Sgt. Joseph R Markus, Nose gunner
S/Sgt. Chris Mosckou, Ball turret gunner
Bomb Squadron, 446th Bomb Group, 8th Air
Force, World War II.
He was Killed In Action aboard B-24H Liberator
#42-7583, nicknamed "Wee Willie."
While on bombing mission over a German-held
airfield at Orleans, France, the bombs were
dropped through closed bomb bay doors, and a
section of the damaged door struck the tail,
causing the aircraft to go into an
unrecoverable spin. All ten airmen aboard
were killed. He was on his 48th combat mission.
Son of Joseph and Rozalia Popiolek, of
Camden, New Jersey.
The crew lost on his flight were:
1st Lt. James C Blackwood, Pilot
1st Lt. Harold W Turner, Co-pilot
1st Lt. Hugh R Hunter, Navigator
T/Sgt. Christopher M Chism, Radio Operator
T/Sgt. Carl P Gochnauer, Right waist gunner
T/Sgt. Herbert E Shafer, Flt. Engineer
S/Sgt. Murray G Glanzrock, Left waist gunner
Sgt. Joseph R Markus, Nose gunner
S/Sgt. Chris Mosckou, Ball turret gunner
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