He spoke to Norrie and the 64th BSB Soldiers who gathered around the monument after they'd offered final salutes to the fallen Airmen following the ceremony, recounting the last air mission of Sunberg and Marino to the Soldiers. It is also comforting to see the effort being put in by the Polish to continue to search for these men who are Missing in Action," West said. "It was a very humbling experience to know that Poland and specifically a small town like Mosina continues to honor our two Airmen. Air Force representative at the dedication. West, air liaison officer and joint terminal attack controller with 3/4 ABCT, was the lone U.S. However, locals over the decades have corroborated an account by Russian soldiers that their remains were buried near Mosina, although the exact location remains unknown.Ĭapt. The B-17 Flying Fortress aviators are still considered Missing in Action since their remains were never recovered. Stanislaw Czosnek, Polish 11th Armored Calvary Brigade commander and Col. The ceremony was attended by the Polish Minister of Family, Labor and Social Policy, Elisabeth Rafalska Brig. Christopher Kell, civil affairs officer for 3/4 ABCT, the rotational armored brigade deployed to Poland and seven other European nations as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve. "The honor and dedication the Polish people have shown to our missing Airmen, and how deeply they care about us trying to bring all of our service members back home, is probably the greatest show of respect and honor that anybody could ever do," said Capt. Sunberg, took fire from Russian fighter aircraft on March 18, 1945, after they'd bailed out of their bomber that had been crippled by flak during an air raid of Berlin.Īs Mosina citizens gathered in a steady rain, Soldiers of 64th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, and the Polish 17 Wielkopolska Mechanized Brigade stood at attention in front of the granite monument bearing Marino's and Sunberg's names and the inscription "Gone but never forgotten." The unveiling of a memorial obelisk was held on the 72nd anniversary of the day the two airmen, Tech. Army Air Corps B-17 bomber crew members who were killed in action during World War II. MOSINA, Poland - About 200 Polish citizens from this small town in western Poland gathered in support of a memorial dedication ceremony held here March 18 to honor two U.S. Army Air Corps B-17 bomber crewmen who we. Soldiers of 64th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, stand in formation during a dedication ceremony in Mosina, Poland, March 18, 2017, of a memorial to two U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL 6 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Soldiers of the Polish 17 Wielkopolska Mechanized Brigade, Polish army veterans, and Soldiers of the 64th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, stand in formation during a dedication ceremony in Mosina, Po. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL 5 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Norrie, commander, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Witnica City Mayor Dariusz Jaworski, and a soldier from the Polish 17 Wielkopolska Mechanized Brigade salute the memorial of two U.S.
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