Mauro Della Selva
Military
Pilot
448th BG - 714th BS
Shot down 6 Aug 1944
POW - Stalag Luft III
Object Number - UPL 37043 - 2LT Mauro Della Selva Pilot 448th BG - 714th BS Shot down 6 Aug 1944 POW - Stalag Luft III
Shot down at Langholz on 8/6/44 in B-24 #42-51104, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Connections
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38415285
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-703423
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36458478
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-823848
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16083793
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Rhode Island, USA | 2 October 1919 | |
|
Enlisted |
Providence, Rhode Island | 11 July 1941 | |
|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 14 August 1944 | Stalag Luft III (dates are approximate) |
|
Died |
4 December 2012 | ||
|
Buried |
Exeter, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA | 8 December 2012 | Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery Plot Section I-5 Row 4 Site 1 |
|
Other Shot Down/Captured |
Kiel, Germany | 6 August 1944 |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Updated the location of the "POW" event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Special Orders #22 - Part 1 - 18th Replacement Wing - Salt Lake City, UT - 2 February 944
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8291 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
