Patsy Richard Sacco

Military
media-53542.jpeg UPL 53542 S/Sgt Patsy R. Sacco, 388BG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 53542 - S/Sgt Patsy R. Sacco, 388BG.

Assigned to 560BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ludwigshafen 30-Dec-43 in B-17 42-31149 'My Day'; ditched in Channel 30-Dec-43, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3139





Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-678175
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pittsburgh, PA 27 October 1921 Son of Daniel Sacco.

Enlisted

Pittsburgh, PA 12 September 1942 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Died

English Channel Off Isle of Wights 30 December 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Ludwigshafen 30-Dec-43 in B-17 42-31149 'My Day'; ditched in Channel 30-Dec-43, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3139

Buried

Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK.

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Knettishall 30 December 1943 Assigned to 560BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

ABMC; MACR 3139 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3139 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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