Joseph J Nicastro
Military
Courtesy of Al Cerulo, relative of Joseph Nicastro
Object Number - UPL 82858 - Joseph Nicastro
Joe Nicastro completed 33 missions from 19 March 1944 to 19 July 1944, flying 6 of them while on detachment with the 96th Bomb Group.
Joe was awarded the Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, and received the Distinguished Flying Cross on 13 July 1944.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Revisions
All information is sourced from Joe Nicastro's personal memorabilia.
Mr. Nicastro was my uncle. His wife, my aunt, always called him "Nick" (shortening of his last name "Nicastro") and he is referred to by this nickname in his scrapbooks.
Information provided by Al Cerulo, Nephew, from Joe Nicastro's personal scrapbook, and his Combat Crew Performance certificate.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php
