Don Della Rocca

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Crashed at Koblenz in B-24 'Massachusetts Girl' #42-50614, Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 467th Bomb Group.

467th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

Nine men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a Air Force bomber plane. Four men standing in rear and five men kneeling in front

42-50614

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Massachusetts Girl
  • Unit: 467th Bomb Group 788th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group 859th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 1 January 1945

Born

Bronx, New York

Buried

Revisions

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Added alocation for the KIA event per info in the "Summary biography".

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Capitalized "B-24" for consistency.

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 11587 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11587 & Watts book p 215