Salvatore F Cuttitta

Military
media-31905.jpeg UPL 31905 Salvatore Cuttitta (right) and an unidentified person of the 466th BG baseball team. Cuttitta pitched several years of minor league baseball compiling a record of 48-41, mostly in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization 466th Bomb Group collection

466th BG Archives

Object Number - UPL 31905 - Salvatore Cuttitta (right) and an unidentified person of the 466th BG baseball team. Cuttitta pitched several years of minor league baseball...

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Arrived in the US from the ETO

New York, NY, USA 11 June 1945

Born

New York, USA

Other

Minor League Baseball

Oil City, PA 16301, USA Pitcher for the Oil City Oilers in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. Had a record of 12-13

Other

Minor League Baseball

Albany, NY, USA Pitcher for the Albany Senators in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. Had a record of 19-10 over two seasons

Enlisted

Other

Minor League Baseball

Rome, NY, USA Pitched for the Rome Colonels, an independent team. He compiled a record of 6-10. Given he had missed two seasons, he was probably trying to come back from a serious injury. This was his last season in organized baseball

Other

466th BG Overseas Tour

Attlebridge, Norwich, UK In addition to being a munitions worked, Cuttitta pitched for the 466th BG baseball team and lead them to the 8th AF championship with a record of 15-3
Fort Wayne, IN, USA
Newark, NJ, USA

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, page 345

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