B-17 'Strictly from Hunger' (42-97350) Crew Execution Marker
Details:
About 200 meters south of the crew memorial cross at the edge of the trail.
MarkerA brass plaque attached to a wooden frame.
The memorial marks the spot were three of the crew of the B-17 'Strictly from Hunger' (42-97350) were executed after surrendering on July 21, 1944.
On Julky 21, 1944 the plane was on a kission to Mannheim, Germany when it was hit by flak on and the crew successfully bailed out. Several of the crew were executed upon surrendering while other were executed while be taken away from the crash site.
1Lt Leonard A Kornblau, 2Lt Bernard E Radomski, 2Lt Charles E Woolf , S/Sgt Meredith M Mills Jr, S/Sgt Frank L Misiak were murdered after surrendering. Three flyers while being marched from Urach to Schollach were killed .Two other flyers were led from the Schollach City Hall to woods locally know as Winterwald and shot and killed.
The perpetrators were tried in Nuremburg; several imprisoned and one executed.
Nuremburg War Crimes Case No: 12-779
The crew included:Pilot:
2nd Lt. Leonard Aaron Kornblau O-813721 AAF Age 23. Executed
Co Pilot: 2nd Lt. Bernard E. Radomski O-818745 AAF Age 23. Executed
Navigator: 2nd Lt. Charles Elbert Woolf O-710359 AAF Age 28. Executed
Bombardier: 2nd.Lt. William Edward Boyd O-706791 AAF Age 21. PoW
Radio Operator: T/Sgt. Roger Charles Hubert Gagnon 33586853 AAF Age 21. PoW Stalag 3
Engineer/Gunner: T/Sgt. Edward Alfred Theed 34544025 AAF Age 20. PoW Stalag 4
Ball Turret: S/Sgt. Meredith McDonald Mills Jr. 14084813 AAF Age 21. Executed
Waist Gunner: S/Sgt. Irvin Elwood Hughes 33501841 AAF Age 20. PoW Stalag 4
Tail Gunner: S/Sgt. Frank L. Misiak DFC, 36365096 AAF Age 37. Executed
Sources of information:
https://americanarchive.iwm.org.uk
Air Crew Remembered Website
Monument Text:
The inscription on the plaque is written in German and reads:
Hier wurden am 21. Juli 1944
die Amerikanischen Flieger
F. Misiak - C. Woolf
u. M. Mils* von den Nazis ermordet.
K. Sch.
English Translation:
Here, on July 21, 1944,
American airmen F. Misiak, C. Woolf, and M. Mils* were murdered by the Nazis.
K. Sch.
Note: * Name is Mills.
Commemorates:
Units:
305th Bomber Group
365th Bomber Squadron, 305th Bomber Group, Heavy
8th Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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