William Angelo Marcario
MilitaryStanding left to right: S. Nevins, Mario J. Zumbolo (FE), Walter Scott Reed (WG), William Angelo Marcario (TG)
Kneeling left to right: Leighton, Elbert Paul Moyer (WG), Edwin W. Pfanner (BTG)
Added ID's.
On a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944, another B-17 from the 388th went out of control after being attacked by fighters and collided with B-17G #42-40054 which exploded and crashed SE of Emmen, Holland. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
People
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 13 February 1944
- Date: 4 February 1944
- Date: 24 January 1944
- Date: 4 January 1944
- Date: 30 December 1943
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Brooklyn, New York, USA | 25 February 1922 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 21 March 1944 | Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 |
Died |
Bayville, NY | 21 July 1997 | |
Buried |
Bayville, NY | 24 July 1997 | Bayville Cemetery Bayville, Nassau County, New York, USA |
Other Shot Down/Captured |
Veenschapsweg, Schoonebeek, Netherlands | 6 March 1944 | His a/c was attacked by German fighters and collided with another B-17 in formation. Marcario was in the radio room when the aircraft blew up, thowing him clear |
Born |
Brooklyn, NY | 179 7th St |
Revisions
Updated the location of the "POW" event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 4 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=3159&mtch=1&tf=F&q=Wi…
MACR 3092 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database