Leon Anthony Mascolo

Military

Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #41-29153 'Greenwich'. 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

People

Edward J Applegate

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Vernie R Brockman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-812538
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Robert C Franklin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Deward F Johnson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Robert H Marx

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

B-24 Liberators, including a B-24 (serial number 41-29153) nicknamed "Greenwich", of the 44th Bomb Group conducts a raid on a German airfield near Diepholz. The image has been annotated to show the exact position of the target airfield. Printed caption on reverse: '50676 AC - Germany - SIX DAYS THAT SHOOK GERMANY - When the six days ended, every one of the factories attacked had been seriously injured, and some of the most important ones had been all but obliterated. U.S Army 8th AF Consolidated B-24s bom

41-29153

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Greenwich
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Hartford, Connecticut, USA 17 August 1916

Enlisted

15 May 1942 Hartford, Connecticut

Other

Captured

8 April 1944 after bailing out of B 41-29153 over Germany

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

8 April 1944 Interned at Stalag Luft 1, Barth, Germany. NARA WWII POW records :" Returned to Military Control 31 May 1945."

Died

5 November 1995 Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford, Connecticut

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

It's Mascolo not Mascola !
MACR 3850
NARA WWII Enlistment Records
NARA WWII POW records

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3850 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database