Edward B Giorchino
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
466th BG Assistant Group Operations Officer
Flew combat missions with the 93rd BG 466th Bomb Group collection
466th BG Historian
Object Number - UPL 6881 - Captain Edward Giorchino 466th BG Assistant Group Operations Officer Flew combat missions with the 93rd BG
Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, to Ploesti on 1 August 1943, as Observer Copilot on the B-24D Liberator, 41-23682.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Combat Bomb Wing 93rd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-24021
- Highest Rank: Brigadier General
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - The Blasted Event
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron 409th Bomb Squadron 858th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 466th Bomb Group 55th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (466th Bomb Group)
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Operation Tidal Wave |
Ploiești, Romania | 1 August 1943 | Flew as observing Co-Pilot on the 93rd BG's Brown Crew. |
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Died |
Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK | 30 June 1944 | At 2033 hours, Captain Edward B. Giorchino, pilot of P-38 42-67657 took off on his initial check flight. A/c checked in with the control tower and took off on Runway 27. At approximately 2112 hours the aircraft with gear down on the downwind leg made what appeared to be a normal approach. The aircraft came in a little high over Runway 27. The pilot applied more throttle to go around and passed over the runway at approximately 200 feet, where it continued on a heading of 270 and crashed into a small field at approximately 2114. From ground observations it appeared the aircraft bounced from it's initial landing point in the small field and crashed into a tree and the right engine and right wing came off. The remainder of the aircraft spun around into another tree completely demolishing the aircraft. The aircraft burned and all possible evidence of mechanical failure was destroyed. It was the pilot's first time in this type aircraft and he was slow timing a new engine, there neither pilot error or mechanical failure can be eliminated as a cause. Pilot was KIA |
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Born |
South Norwalk, Norwalk, CT 06854, USA | ||
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Other Assistant Group Operations Officer |
Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK | 466th Bomb Group | |
| South Norwalk, Norwalk, CT 06854, USA | Rock Ridge Drive |
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Sources
'Ploesti' by Dugan & Stewart / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
