Gabriel Eugene Pettinato

Military
Gabriel Pettinato UPL 60836 UPL 60836 1st Lt Gabriel E. Pettinato

Object Number - UPL 60836 - 1st Lt Gabriel E. Pettinato

36 missions. Plane B-17 'Little Butch. '

 

Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), DUC, EAME (2BS), WWII Victory.

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Units served with

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8309) nicknamed "Ol' Buddy" of the 18th Bomb Squadron, 34th Bomb Group at Mendelsham. Pete Gray was the aircraft's crew chief. Handwritten caption on reverse: '18th B.S. 34th BG. Pete Gray C/C.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 34th Bomb Group
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Jersey City, New Jersey 1 July 1922 Born Jersey City, New Jersey

Enlisted

New York City New York 30 November 1942 Enlisted New York City New York

Died

Jersey City, New Jersey 8 August 2009 Died Jersey City, New Jersey

Buried

Holy Cross Cemetery and Mausoleum North Arlington, New Jersey 11 August 2009 Interred Holy Cross Cemetery and Mausoleum North Arlington, Bergen County, New Jersey

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self and brother

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