Edward Anthony Chiariello

Military

Assigned to 61BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 27 x combat missions. Shot down 11-Sep-44 in B-17 42-31091 'Maggie'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 8920



Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Milton Rex Wingard

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-440624
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-31091

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Maggie
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

New York City, NY 19 February 1918 Son of Lucy Chiariello.

Enlisted

12 January 1943

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 11 September 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Discharged USAAF

28 November 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

26 June 1973

Based

Deenethorpe 11 September 1944 Assigned to 61BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Long Island National Cemetery East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, NY Long Island National Cemetery East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/28738871
https://www.fold3.com/image/672171616
https://www.fold3.com/record/11781823/edward-chiariello-social-security…
https://www.fold3.com/record/623774637/edward-chiariello-1918-veterans-…
https://www.fold3.com/record/714618012/chiariello-edward-a-us-veterans-…
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=3149
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2636185/edward-a-chiariello

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8920 / MACR 8920, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=3149 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database