Vincent Peperone
MilitaryAssigned to 815BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Moosbeirbaum, Austria 28-Aug-44 in B-17 42-97913. POW
Awards: AM (4OLC), POW, EAME, WWII Victory
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 815th Bomb Squadron 483rd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-25994
- Highest Rank: Major General
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Harvey, Louisiana | 10 February 1919 | Born Harvey, Louisiana |
Enlisted |
Jackson, Mississippi | 12 July 1940 | Enlisted Jackson, Mississippi |
Prisoner of war Prisoner of War (POW) |
Stalag Luft IV, Tychowo | 28 August 1944 - 1 May 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag Luft IV |
Other Discharged |
22 October 1945 | ||
Died |
16 February 1991 | ||
Buried |
Westlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum Gretna, Louisiana | 19 February 1991 | Interred Westlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum Gretna, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana |
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