Augustine B Cristiani
MilitaryHit by flak after falling out of formation on the return flight from a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944, B-17G 42-38177 'Shack Rabbits' crashed N of Nordham, GR. Prisoner of War (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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Shack Rabbits
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 6 March 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Prisoner of war |
6 March 1944 |
Revisions
Name is CRISTIANI not CHRISTIANI.
Merged withy duplicate entries to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- www.388bg.info/Personnel.html;
- MACR 3091;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3091, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces