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| NNJ 5/26 Honor Escort US Army Airforce SSgt Michael J Uhrin http://warriorswatch.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6608 |
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| Author: | rickdrummer [ Fri May 19, 2023 3:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | NNJ 5/26 Honor Escort US Army Airforce SSgt Michael J Uhrin |
WWR NNJ has been asked by American Legion Post 65 Metuchen to assist in the coordination an honor escort for Sgt. Uhrin. Army Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Uhrin, killed nearly 80 years ago in October 1943 during the Schweinfurt Raid over Germany in World War II. His remains were identified on May 12, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced on Tuesday. Uhrin, who was 21 when he died, will be buried in Metuchen on date yet to be determined. He is among 31 borough residents killed in action during World War II. Uhrin graduated from Middlesex County Vocational School in 1939. Before entering the military in August 1942, he was employed at Celotex Corporation. After a year's training stateside, Uhrin was deployed overseas in September 1943. In October 1943, Uhrin was assigned to 369th Bombardment Squadron, 306th Bombardment Group, 40th Combat Wing, 8th Air Force in the European Theater. On Oct. 14, the B-17F Flying Fortress bomber on which he was the radio operator was flying a mission to Schweinfurt, Germany from Thurleigh, England. A week before, Uhrin had been gunned down and parachuted to safety during a different mission, Uhrin said. It was the family's understanding that he would soon be sent home, he added. "Instead, he was killed just days later," his nephew said. During the mission, the plane was shot down by Nazi fighters near Rommelhausen and Langenbergheim, Hessen, Germany. On a day that came to be known as "Black Thursday," Uhrin’s bomber was one of 60 aircraft to be lost. Uhrin's commanding officer said Uhrin had not been previously assigned to the plane. Though he was trained as a radio operator, Uhrin volunteered to fill in as the gunner. Detail are still being formulated and times are TBA as the legion is waiting on flight info from the state department. The NJSP will escort from Legion Post 65 to EWR and then to Costello Runyon Funeral Home 568 Middlesex Ave. Metuchen Rally Point: American Legion Post 65 17 Calvin Place Metuchen Rally time: TBA KSU: RC: Rickdrummer |
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