Albert J Gardella
MilitaryETTG, Hess crew. 381st BG, 535th BS, 8th AF. Shot down 1 December 1943 in B-17 #42-3540 'Bacta-th'-Sac'. Mission #46 to Solinger, Germany. MACR 1660. T/Sgt Gardella was assisting S/Sgt Delp when the aircraft banked sharply and threw him out. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft IV.
Brooklyn, NY
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33327732
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13130919
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-794661
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38219887
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35418214
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lucifer Jr III, Bacta-Th-Sac
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 December 1943
- Date: 26 November 1943
- Date: 7 November 1943
- Date: 5 November 1943
- Date: 3 November 1943
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 1 December 1943 | Stalag Luft VIg (?) Stalag Luft IV |
Died |
11 December 1989 | ||
Born |
Brooklyn, NY |
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 1660 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1660 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database