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Assigned to 742BS, 455th BG, 15AF USAAF. 20+ combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Bucharest, Romania in B-24 41-28640 'Raunchy'; Crashed Draconesti, Romania 21-Apr-44 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 4387
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 455th Bomb Group
Assigned to 742BS, 455th BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Bucharest, Romania in B-24 41-28640; Crashed Draconesti, Romania 21-Apr-44 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 4387
Awards: SS, AM (2OLC), PH.
The Fifteenth Air Force was one of two Strategic Air forces in Europe, along with the Eighth Air Force.
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Group
The group was activated July 1943 with four essentially stand-alone bomb squadrons: 740th, 741st, 742nd, and 743rd. After a somewhat nomadic training regimen with dilapidated equipment, the pieces of the group came together at Langley, VA in October...
B-24 Liberator
Assigned to 742BS, 455th BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Bucharest, Romania with Meriwether Jones crew; Crashed Draconesti, Romania 21-Apr-44 8 x POW, 2 x KIA MACR 4387
Military site : airfield
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| Born | Philadelphia, PA | 18 May 1924 |
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Son of Antoinette Boffa. |
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| Enlisted | Philadelphia, PA | 15 September 1942 |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Based | San Giovanni | 1943 – 21 April 1944 |
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Assigned to 742BS, 455th BG, 15AF USAAF. |
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| Baled out POW | Dracesti, Romania | 21 April 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) Bucharest, Romania in B-24 41-28640 'Raunchy'; Crashed Draconesti, Romania 21-Apr-44 POW MACR 4387 |
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| Prisoner of War (POW) | 21 April 1944 – May 1945 | |
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Prisoner of War (POW) |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 24 October 2020 14:10:28 | 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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https://www.fold3.com/image/28639594 |
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