Camden Man Killed with 10 in Air Crash

Camden Courier-Post - January 8, 1943

Sgt. Dzingoski Dies in Kansas; Was Athlete at High School

Sgt. Gus Dzingoski, 31, of 1476 Louis Street, was one of 11 army men killed when a flying fortress crashed at White City, Kansas, while returning to its home at Topeka.

Sgt. Dzingoski's mother, Mrs. Stella Dzingoski, a widow, was informed of the tragedy by the commanding officer of the Topeka base shortly after the crash occurred at 5:30 PM Wednesday. The body will be sent home with a military escort. Funeral arrangements await its arrival, which will not be before Monday, the family was told.

Sgt. Dzingoski, a former basketball and baseball star at Camden High School, left his job at Public Service, where he had been employed 12 years, to enter the service April 7, 1942. He joined the Army air forces and became a radio operator, training successively at Scott Field IL, Miami FL, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and had just been assigned to a bomber squadron at Topeka.

The plane was returning from a routine training flight when it crashed. No details were furnished the Dzingoski family, except that 11 of the 12 men making up the crew perished, the other parachuting to safety.

Sgt. Dzingoski had not been home since joining the service. His last letter, received Monday, told of being transferred to Topeka, which he described as his permanent base after many moves through the country. He described the country there as beautiful, but said he hoped to get home soon for a visit.

He was the son of the late Constanty Dzingoski, who conducted a store at Louis and Whitman Streets 18 years prior to his death three and one-half years ago.

Surviving besides the mother, are a brother, John, a merchant of 1643 Woodlynne Avenue, Woodlynne, and two sisters, Mrs. James Monahan, 16 Ridgeway Avenue, Oaklyn, and Mrs. A Schnitzius, 1476 Louis Street, Camden NJ.

The sergeant was engaged and planned to be married when the war ended to Miss Violet Boos, of Market Street, Gloucester.