Harold Andrew Capelluto

Military
media-28740.jpeg UPL 28740 1st Lt Harold Andrew Capelluto 91st TCS, 439th TCG, 9th AF.

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Object Number - UPL 28740 - 1st Lt Harold Andrew Capelluto 91st TCS, 439th TCG, 9th AF.

Enlisted RCAF 1941, transferred to USAAF on 9-May-42. Assigned to 91TCS, 439TCG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) D-day mission to Normandy. A/C C-47 42-93095 hit by flak, with an engine on fire, tried to land the plane in a field but a wing clipped a hedgerow and the A/C crashed, exploding, killing all aboard, Beuzeville-au-Plain, Manche, France. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8408.



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-93095

  • Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
  • Unit: 439th Troop Carrier Group 91st Troop Carrier Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Upottery airfield looking west, the main runway runs vertically, barrack sites are to the bottom right of the airfield, 15 March 1944. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/CT/91/541. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Upottery

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Smeatharpe

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

New York, USA 9 May 1942 Transferred to USAAF on 9-May-42.

Died

50480 Beuzeville-au-Plain, France 6 June 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) D-day mission to Normandy. A/C C-47 42-93095 hit by flak and crashed Beuzeville-au-Plain, Manche, France. KIA. MACR 8408.

Buried

50480 Beuzeville-au-Plain, France 7 June 1944 Interred Field burial Beuzeville-au-Plain

Born

Mitchell County, Texas, USA Son of Jane Frances Capelluto.
Nassau County, New York, USA

Enlisted

Canada Enlisted Royal Canadian Airforce RCAF 1941.

Based

Upottery 6 June 1944 Assigned to 91TCS, 439TCG, 9AF USAAF.

Buried

Re-Interred Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial

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