Armando Fazzone
MilitaryAssigned to 337BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-39998; shot down by enemy fighters and crashed at Rosthausen near Clappenburg, Germany 8-May-44 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 5174
Awards: DFC, AM, POW, GC, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11063679 / O-799082
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: First Love
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 8 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Red Bank, New Jersey, USA | 7 February 1923 | Son of Anthony Fazzone. |
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Enlisted |
New York City, NY | 19 September 1942 | New York City, New York |
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Other Baled out POW |
4 miles NW Cloppenburg, Germany | 8 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-39998; shot down by enemy fighters and crashed at Rosthausen near Clappenburg, Germany 8-May-44 POW MACR 5174 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 8 May 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
9 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Naples, FL | 23 November 2007 | |
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Buried |
Fair View Cemetery Middletown, Monmouth County, NJ | 27 November 2007 | Fair View Cemetery Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey |
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Based |
Snetterton Heath | 8 May 1944 | Assigned to 337BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Armando Fazzone is my grandfather. I corrected the spelling of his name from Armande as it was listed to Armando which is the correct spelling. I also added his nickname which was Fuzzy.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4569 / MACR 4569; Snetterton Falcons, pg 147 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database