Albert J Conte

Military

On 9 November 1942 assigned target U/B at St. Nazaire, France. On return, crashed into field beyond runway in B-17 #41-24494.



Shot down 18 November 1942 in B-17 #41-24474 'Floozy' while serving as Right Waist Gunner. The aircraft was hit by flak over St. Nazaire damaging an engine, letting down over the Bay of Biscay, it was attacked again by FW 190's and the pilot was forced to ditch the aircraft into the sea 2 miles off the Ile d'Oussant off the tip of the Brest Peninsula, France. SSgt Conte was captured POW MACR 16448.



POW

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Floozy
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Krems an der Donau, Austria 18 November 1942 - 6 June 1945 Held at Stalag 17B, Braunau-Gneikendorf, near Krems, Austria. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 6-Jun-45.

Other

Ditched

Ushant, France 18 November 1942 Managed to exit aircraft after it was ditched into the sea.

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added an association to Stalag 17B per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

 

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added punctuation to the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

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Lee Cunningham 26-Nov-2014. Added ditching location and event per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A.Hey MBE; made mission and aircraft connections within existing data.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 4-Nov-2014. Missing AIr Crew Report (MACR) 16448; National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs by Hey and Bishop pp.45-47