Assigned to 429BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Vienna; flak ko’d an engine headed toward Russian lines, crashed near Papa, Hungary; 21-Feb-45 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 12461.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Service
People
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Military | Captain | Pilot | 2nd Bomb Group
Assigned to 429BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Vienna; flak ko’d an engine headed toward Russian lines, crashed near Papa, Hungary; 21-Feb-45 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 12461.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Units served with
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Command
The Fifteenth Air Force was one of two Strategic Air forces in Europe, along with the Eighth Air Force.
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Group
Served on antisubmarine duty for several months after the U.S. entered World War II. In October 1942 was re-designated as 2d Bombardment Group (Heavy) and earmarked for combat. The group was transferred on paper to Geiger Field, Washington, where it...
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Aircraft
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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 28/5/44; Hunter 23/6/44; Dow Fd 3/7/44; Assigned 429BS/2BG Amendola 4/7/44; severely damaged over Graz, Austria 1/1/44 with Tom Rybovich, Co-pilot: Pat Farwell, Navigator: Don Maine, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Staup, Radio...
Events
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Location |
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Born |
Middletown, NY |
11 June 1925 |
Son of Clifford and Florence[Gray] Fuller.
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Enlisted |
New York City, NY |
18 August 1943 |
Based |
Amendola Airfield |
1944 – 21 February 1945 |
Assigned to 429BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF.
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Baled out POW |
Papa, Hungary |
21 February 1945 |
Failed to Return (FTR) Vienna; flak ko’d an engine headed toward Russian lines, crashed near Papa, Hungary; 21-Feb-45 POW MACR 12461.
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Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland |
21 February 1945 – May 1945 |
Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.
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Died |
Amsterdam, NY |
3 December 2013 |
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Buried |
Gerald B. Soloman Saratoga National Cemetery, NY |
9 December 2013 |
Gerald B. Soloman Saratoga National Cemetery,
Schuylerville, NY
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