Peter Frank Morrone
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. Lt Neil Peters crew. 5 x combat missions. Ditched in B-24H 41-29331 'Blondie's Folly'; Mission to Friedrichshafen, 16-Mar-44; Forced to ditch in the Channel after fighters severely damaged A/C. Baled out mid channel. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM, PH.
Connections
See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.
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: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18057125 / O-747178
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
East Haven, Connecticut, USA | 1 August 1924 | Son of Crescenzo and Concetta [Ranfone] Morrone. |
Enlisted |
Hartford, CT | 18 February 1943 | Hartford Connecticut |
Died |
English Channel | 16 March 1944 | Ditched in B-24H 41-29331 'Blondie's Folly'; Mission to Friedrichshafen, 16-Mar-44; Forced to ditch in the Channel after fighters severely damaged A/C. Baled out mid channel. Killed in Action (KIA). |
Buried |
Tablet of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambs | ||
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Horsham St Faith | 16 March 1944 | Assigned to 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, CO | Memorialised Fort Logan National Cemetery Denver, Denver County, CO |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/record/85748002-peter-f-morrone
https://www.fold3.com/image/310953055?rec=300727066
https://www.fold3.com/record/529901890-peter-f-morrone
https://www.fold3.com/image/196938814?rec=196938852
https://www.fold3.com/image/668099006?terms=34503062
https://www.fold3.com/image/606675951?terms=peter,frank,morrone
https://www.458bg.com/crew69peters.htm
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24035007/peter-frank-morrone
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144728479/peter-frank-morrone
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3490 / MACR 3490, Losses of teh 8th & 9th Air Forces & Page 280 of the book LIBERATORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database