Military
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.
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.
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...
Squadron
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...
Other location
Other location
Military site : airfield
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| Born | Middletown, NY | 11 June 1925 |
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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 |
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Assigned to 429BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. |
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| Baled out POW | Papa, Hungary | 21 February 1945 |
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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 |
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Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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| Died | Amsterdam, NY | 3 December 2013 |
| Buried | Gerald B. Soloman Saratoga National Cemetery, NY | 9 December 2013 |
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Gerald B. Soloman Saratoga National Cemetery, |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 06 December 2018 13:25:42 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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