Luigi Iacoviello

Military
A bomber crew of the 96th Bomb Group with the chin turret of their B-17G Flying Fortress. In the back row from left to right: Technical Sergeant Geo Goetz, Top-Turret gunner; Technical Sergeant Bob Woherty, Radio Operator; Staff Sergeant Luigi Iacovello, left waist gunner; Staff Sergeant Roy Johnson, Ball Turret operator; Staff Sergeant Everett Johnson, right waist gunner; Staff Sergeant Charles A Haywood, Tail Gunner. In the front row left to right: First Lieutenant Paul Herring, Pilot; Flight Officer Ch FRE 868 FRE 868 A bomber crew of the 96th Bomb Group with the chin turret of their B-17G Flying Fortress.
In the back row from left to right:
Technical Sergeant George Goetz, Top-Turret gunner;
Technical Sergeant Bob Doherty, Radio Operator;
Staff Sergeant Luigi Iacoviello, left waist gunner;
Staff Sergeant Roy Johnson, Ball Turret operator;
Staff Sergeant Everett Johnson, right waist gunner;
Staff Sergeant Charles A Haywood, Tail Gunner.

In the front row left to right:
First Lieutenant Paul Herring, Pilot;
Flight Officer Charles Beard, Co-Pilot;
Second Lieutenant John Wilson, Navigator;
and Second Lieutenant William Wood, Bombardier.

Handwritten caption on reverse: '"Laces Aces" 339th sq 96BG Rear L-R T/S Geo Goetz TT, T/S Bob Woherty R/O, S/S Luigi Iacovello LWG, S/S Roy Johnson BTO, S/S Everett Johnson RWG S/S, Charles A Haywood TG. Front L-R 1/LT Paul Herring P, F/O Charles Beard CP, 2/LT John Wilson N, 2/LT William Wood.' Roger Freeman Collection
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Object Number - FRE 868 - A bomber crew of the 96th Bomb Group with the chin turret of their B-17G Flying Fortress. In the back row from left to right: Technical Sergeant...

Attacked by fighters on a mission to Berlin and on the return flight with two engines out, B-17F #42-30412 'Mischief Maker II' crashed SSE of Brussels, Belgium on 4 Mar 1944. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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Chelsea, Massachusetts

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000; MACR 3425, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces; Snetterton Heath pg 90 & 117

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