Joseph A Capo

Military
media-17274.jpeg UPL 17274 Probably the last known picture of the 41-23779"4-Q-2" crew. My Uncle "SSG Andy Chalan" front row center. Aircraft was shot down on 14 Jan 44 (MACR 2362)

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Object Number - UPL 17274 - Probably the last known picture of the 41-23779"4-Q-2" crew. My Uncle "SSG Andy Chalan" front row center. Aircraft was shot down on 14 Jan 44 (MACR...

Shot down by head-on attacks by fighters on mission to military targets at Escalles-sur-Buchy, France on 14 January 1944 in B-24D #41-23779 '4-Q-2'. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The 'semiofficial' insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

67th Bomb Squadron

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

Aircraft

41-23779

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: 4q2
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

POW

Buchy, France 14 January 1944 Became a Prisoner of War

Born

Nelsonville, Ohio

Other

Possible birth location

New Brighton, PA, USA Paul Andrews' Project Bits and Pieces has him down as born in PA.

Revisions

Date
ContributorJenny
Changes
Sources

Amalgamated information from duplicate record: MACR 2262 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2362, 8th AF Losses

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Object number: UPL 17274 - Probably the last known picture of the 41-23779"4...