Military
Assigned to 335BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-31785 'Slightly Dangerous II' 4-Mar-44; shot down by fighters after losing an engine and falling behind and crashed NE of Stendal, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2797
Awards: Air Medal (2OLC), PH (OLC).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down by fighters after losing an engine and falling behind and crashed NE of Stendal, GR on a mission to Berlin on 4 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31785 'Slightly Dangerous'. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Group
The 95th Bomb Group was the only Eighth Air Force Group to be awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The first, shared by all four Bomb Wing Groups, was for the bombing of an aircraft factory under intense enemy fire at Regensburg on 17 August...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 14/12/43; Gt Falls 20/12/43; Denver 22/12/43; Kearney 1/1/44; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-N] Horham 4/2/44; 10m, Missing in Action Berlin 4/3/44 with Melvin Dunham, Co-pilot: Bob Renner, Navigator: John Matthews, Bombardier: Everett Lund,...
Military site : airfield
Horham airfield was planned and built for RAF use, but handed over to the Eighth Air Force and used initially by the 47th Bomb Group. When they joined the Twelfth Air Force in January 1943, it became home to the B-26 Marauders of the 323rd Bomb Group....
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| Born | Bronx, NY | 28 August 1923 |
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Son of Vincenzo and Rosina Aiello. |
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| Enlisted | New York City, NY | 24 September 1942 |
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New York City, New York |
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| Based | Horham | 1944 – 4 March 1944 |
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Assigned to 335BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Killed in Action | NE of Stendal, Germany | 4 March 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-31785 'Slightly Dangerous II' 4-Mar-44; shot down by fighters. KIA MACR 2797 |
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| Buried | Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | 1946 |
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Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial |
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| 12 September 2021 21:03:34 | Al_Skiff | Changes to role, biography, events, unit associations and place associations |
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| 12 September 2021 12:25:59 | Roland | Changes to biography |
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Aiello Family |
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| 12 September 2021 12:13:05 | Roland | Changes to awards |
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Aiello Family |
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| 12 September 2021 12:11:36 | Roland | Changes to events |
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Aiello Family |
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| 12 September 2021 11:51:55 | Roland | Changes to service number |
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Aiello Family |
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| 12 September 2021 11:49:36 | Roland | Changes to awards |
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| 27 September 2014 18:26:29 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2797 / MACR 2797, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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