Pasquale M Pellicci
Military ROLL OF HONOURRemoved Homer Gentry, who did not die in this crash. According to his headstone application, accessed via ancestry.com, he died a year earlier and was a member of the 705th Squadron, not the 706th.
Killed when 2 planes collided over base as they were coming in for landing after mission to Regensberg. Killed in Action (KIA)
"You should know that in April of 1945 when the soldiers from the War Department came to notify Angela [Pat's wife] of Pat's death, it was their wedding anniversary. I believe their daughter was 2 months old. An hour after they left, Angela received a dozen roses that Pat had made previous arrangements for her to receive. What a "class act". I wish I could have known him." Letter from Jim McCabe, source noted.
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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 11 April 1945
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Youngstown, Ohio, USA | 31 January 1917 | |
Died |
Green Lane, Harleston, Norfolk IP20 9PS, UK | 11 April 1945 | |
Buried |
Hartsdale, Westchester County, New York, USA | Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum |
Revisions
Added Born and Buried events per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 212715551.
Added a connection to the AF mission #941 to Regensburg, GR on 11 Apr 1945.
Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" (Regensberg misspelled).
446th BG/history / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia