Julio Guido Castellotti
MilitaryAssigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY to 9th AF. Shot down on 1-Aug-43 while on Ploesti raid in B-24 'Horse Fly' 42-40267. Interned in Turkey.
Awards: AM, 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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Horse Fly
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
San Francisco, California | 26 February 1916 | Son of Theresa Castellotti. |
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Enlisted |
San Francisco, CA | 6 April 1942 | San Francisco, California |
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Other Interned in Turkey |
Turkey | 1 August 1943 | |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
16 October 1944 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
San Jose, CA | 22 July 1989 | |
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Buried |
Calvary Catholic Cemetery San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA | 25 July 1989 | Calvary Catholic Cemetery San Jose, Santa Clara County, California |
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Based |
1 August 1943 | Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184577924/julio-guido-castellotti
Removed information relating to 42-40267 'Horse Fly'. No crew list linking airman to aircraft.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8250, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 219