John W Zappala
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down by ME109s and crashed near Detmold/Lippe, GR on a mission to Oschersleben on 22 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-39895 'Bermondsey Battler'. Killed in Action (KIA).
Technical Sergeant John W. Zappala was born July 22, 1918. His next of kin were his wife, Esther Zappala, and his parents, Charles and Petrina Zappala. His hometown was Roslindale, Massachusetts.
He was a Gunner aboard “Bermondsay Battler,” B-17 tail #42-39895, of the 381st Bomb Group, 535th Bomb Squadron, when it went down over Detmold, Germany, on February 22, 1944.
He is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts.
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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-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Bermondsay Battler
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Roslindale, Massachusetts | 22 July 1918 | Technical Sergeant John W. Zappala was born July 22, 1918. His next of kin were his wife, Esther Zappala, and his parents, Charles and Petrina Zappala. His hometown was Roslindale, Massachusetts. |
Died |
Detmold, Germany | 22 February 1944 | He was a Gunner aboard “Bermondsay Battler,” B-17 tail #42-39895, of the 381st Bomb Group, 535th Bomb Squadron, when it went down over Detmold, Germany, on February 22, 1944. |
Buried |
Boston, MA, USA | He is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts. |
Revisions
IDPF and/or crash report researched by Bill Beigel. IDPF donated to American Air Museum by Bill Beigel. For more information about this flyer, you may contact http://ww2research.com.
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 2935, Losses of 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia