Philip Joseph Maniaci

Military
media-6763.png UPL 6763 A crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (FR-C, serial number 42-38183) nicknamed "The Lost Angel" 525BS/379BG [FR-C] Kimbolton 10/2/44; then 524BS [WA-G] ; flak battle damaged, crash landed after bombing Magdeburg Germany 28/9/44. Flack came through the windshield and glass got into the eyes of Pilot: Stan Bailey, Co-pilot: Sumner Alpert flew the plane back with 2 engines out on one wing to Kimbolton, received the DFC, Navigator: Jim Rung, Bombardier: Bill Coles, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Plough, Radio Operator: Harry Gates, Ball turret gunner: John Ingram, Waist gunner: Frank Culfe (8 Returned to Duty);Tail gunner: Phil Maniaci (Prisoner of War); Missing Air Crew Report 9363; repaired & sal re-ass 482BG, then 384BG 1/6/45. THE LOST ANGEL.

Brad Alpert, son of Sumner Alpert

Object Number - UPL 6763 - A crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (FR-C, serial number 42-38183) nicknamed "The Lost Angel" 525BS/379BG [FR-C] Kimbolton 10/2/44; then 524BS [WA-G] ;...

Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 13 x combat missions. Bailed out of B-17 42-38183 on 28 September 1944 'The Lost Angel' caught on fire over the target, Magdeburg, Germany ordance plant and Maniaci bailed out. The fire was extinguished and the rest of the crew returned. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 9363



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-38183

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Lost Angel
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron 525th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Detroit, MI 1 April 1925

Other

Baled out POW

Magdeburg, Germany 28 September 1944 Baled out over target believing A/C lost due to fire. A/C returned to base. POW. MACR 9363

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 28 September 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Based

Kimbolton 28 September 1944 Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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ContributorLucy May
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http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=90068

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9363;  379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 325

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