The Man Behind the Name
S/Sgt. Michael Shiwarski (33260932) served as tail gunner in the 409th Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group. He bailed out through the camera hatch, first in sequence among the three gunners, and was taken prisoner of war.
After the war, Shiwarski completed a casualty questionnaire and reported meeting other crew members in the POW camp. He reported that after the interphone was shot out he had no further contact with the pilot. His nose gunner told him in POW camp that the pilot went down with the plane. His name appears in documents variously as Shiwarski, Shimarski, Schiworski, and Schwartzki.
Service record.
Missions flown.
The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.