August Victor DeGenaro
MilitaryAugust DeGenaro served as a pilot with the 78th Fighter Group.
He was Wounded in Action on 14 July 1943 in P-47 while escorting bombers to Amiens/Glisy, aircraft was damaged by FW 190's. Bailed out over Channel to be rescued by fishing boat 'Little Old Lady' and admitted to hospital for wounds and shock.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Events
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Born |
Vitulano BN, Italy | 3 February 1919 | Son of the late Raffaele and Aquilina Madelina DeGennaro |
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Other Wounded in Action (WIA) |
14 July 1943 | ||
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Other Married Margaret Zemke |
8 November 1943 | They were together 51 years until her death in 1995. | |
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Died |
10 March 2007 | ||
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Other Family migrated to the USA |
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| New Haven, CT, USA | Exact dates not yet known. He grew up in New Haven and played semi-pro baseball as a center fielder. | ||
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Other Studied at University of Connecticut |
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA | Exact dates not yet known. Studied two years at the University of Connecticut on a baseball scholarship. | |
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Enlisted |
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Buried |
Beaverdale Memorial Park, 90 Pine Rock Avenue, New Haven, CT 06515, USA |
Revisions
Findagrave record: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=DeGenaro&GSfn=aug…;
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 183 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list