Name:
Ted Zemonek
Rank:
Sergeant
Serial Number:
35767441
Unit:
706th Bomber Squadron, 446th Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1944-08-26
State:
West Virginia
Cemetery:
Ardennes American Cemetery, Neupre, Belgium
Plot:
B
Row:
40
Grave:
52
Decoration:
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Comments:
Sgt Ted Zemonek, right waist gunner of the B-24 41-29177 “Ginger”, took off from Bungay in Suffolk, UK on a bombing mission over the Farben chemical works in Ludwigshafen. Just after bombs away, the plane was hit by flak. One of the engines cut out, dropping the plane to 10000 feet. The crew set the plane on a course to avoid the nearby town of Schoeneck and bailed out, shot at by machine gun fire all the way down. Zemonek was part of six crewmen rounded up and shot by SS auxiliaries.