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Peter Giovanini

Military

Assigned to 367BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 14-Oct-43 in B-17 42-30727. Prisoner of War (POW).

Awards: PH, POW, EAME, WWII Victory.

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

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

The insignia of the 367th Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group.

367th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

William Charlie Bisson

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 14078966 / O-793717
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-30727

42-30727

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Fightin Bitin
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

Site type: Prisoner of war camp
Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag XVII-B

Site type: Prisoner of war camp
Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'

Thurleigh

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Bedford

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born		9 December 1916
Enlisted	Chicago, Illinois	22 June 1942	EnlistedChicago, Illinois
Prisoner of war Prisoner of War (POW)	Stalag XVIIb, Krems an der Donau, Austria	14 October 1943 - 1 May 1945	Prisoner of War (POW)Stalag XVIIb, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Other Discharged		15 September 1945
Died		22 December 1973
Buried	Walnut Grove Cemetery Clinton, Indiana	25 December 1973	InterredWalnut Grove CemeteryClinton, Indiana

Revisions

Date17 Jan 2024 14:58:06

ContributorAl_Skiff

Changes

Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/28607656/28607710

https://www.fold3.com/record/84422452/peter-giovanini-us-wwii-army-enlistment-records-1938-1946

https://www.fold3.com/record/624195379/peter-giovanini-1916-us-veterans-affairs-birls-death-file-1850-2010

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41014155/peter-giovanini

Date27 Sep 2014 18:21:23

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 817 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database