Eyewitness statement, page 16 · 18 July 1944
AFPPA-1
INDIVIDUAL CASUALTY QUESTIONNAIRN
File 7098
Name of cre. A member: NIEZGOCKI, Vernon G.
Rank:
S/Sgt.
Serial' nurber:
17154732
Position: Crow (Bcmber) Asst. Armorer Gunner
Did he bail out?
No
Where?
If not, why not?
Ha was aither daad or severely wounded
Last contact or conversation just prior to or at time of loss of plane:
None, other than prior to take off
Was he injured?
(Here asy) his right WAS blown off.
Where was he when last seen? In tailguh position
Any hearsay information:
A Lite Hildrath was forced to remose his hody
from the rear half of the fuselage.
Source:
2nd.
Lt. 8 lildrath 816th. B.S. 483nd. B.C.
Any explanation of his fate based in part or wholly on supposition:
Rosult of fierce battle with numerous fighters, that pansed
plane to breek in two. Lt Hildreth necognized ships No.
know ips personel. Evidently the Garmans bunied him and
failed to remove and turn in his identificati in taga.
Total number of missions of above crew member: 38
Dates and destinations if possible: He stapted aparation 4/12/44 on Split Yugoslav
bombed all of the popular targets in the Balkans southern Hrance and
nonthern Itels. shot down 7/18/44 on mission orer MAmmingen Germany.
6-3861, AF
INDIVIDUAL CASUALTY QUESTIONNAIRN
File 7098
Name of cre. A member: NIEZGOCKI, Vernon G.
Rank:
S/Sgt.
Serial' nurber:
17154732
Position: Crow (Bcmber) Asst. Armorer Gunner
Did he bail out?
No
Where?
If not, why not?
Ha was aither daad or severely wounded
Last contact or conversation just prior to or at time of loss of plane:
None, other than prior to take off
Was he injured?
(Here asy) his right WAS blown off.
Where was he when last seen? In tailguh position
Any hearsay information:
A Lite Hildrath was forced to remose his hody
from the rear half of the fuselage.
Source:
2nd.
Lt. 8 lildrath 816th. B.S. 483nd. B.C.
Any explanation of his fate based in part or wholly on supposition:
Rosult of fierce battle with numerous fighters, that pansed
plane to breek in two. Lt Hildreth necognized ships No.
know ips personel. Evidently the Garmans bunied him and
failed to remove and turn in his identificati in taga.
Total number of missions of above crew member: 38
Dates and destinations if possible: He stapted aparation 4/12/44 on Split Yugoslav
bombed all of the popular targets in the Balkans southern Hrance and
nonthern Itels. shot down 7/18/44 on mission orer MAmmingen Germany.
6-3861, AF
National Archives, MACR 7098, page 16 · Machine-read from microfilm, uncorrected.