Carman L Mancuso
MilitaryRear L-R: S/Sgt Alfred Lesage, Cpl Andrew L Allen, Cpl Paul J Amos, T/Sgt Karl E Kukurin, T/Sgt Paul S Melia, T/Sgt Carman L Mancuso.
Front L-R: 1Lt Jack L Pfaffman,1Lt Boudinot Stimson, 1Lt John Edwin O'Neal Jr, 1Lt Robert H Timberlake.
Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 24 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt in B-17 42-97464 'What Next ?'; Shot down 13-Apr-44. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3941
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH (OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12075079 / O-799493
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: What Next ?
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Niagara Falls, New York, USA | 21 May 1922 | Son of Giralomo “James” and Salvatrice Sharl “Sarah” [Provenzano] Mancuso. |
Enlisted |
Buffalo, NY | 16 November 1942 | Buffalo, New York |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 13 April 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Other Discharged USAAF |
17 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Niagara Falls, NY | 16 December 1995 | |
Buried |
Saint Joseph's Cemetery, Niagara Falls, NY | 19 December 1995 | Saint Joseph's Cemetery Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY |
Based |
Deenethorpe | 13 April 1944 | Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/record/11014852-carman-l-mancuso
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104371690/carman-l-mancuso
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3941 / MACR 3941,
href="http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=550">http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=550> / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database