Edward F Vercelli

Military

Edward Vercelli, Major, USAF ret. passed away this spring. He flew with the 612th Bomb Squadron as well as lead navigator for the 615th.

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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

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Miami Beach, FL, USA 23 July 1943

Born

Joliet, Illinois, USA
Will County, IL, USA

Died

Revisions

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Sources

Personal files.

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ContributorLucy May
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Correspondence with Edward F Vercelli's daughters, Anita Vercelli DeCanniere and Mary Vercelli Blatti.

NARA enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf…

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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 / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1768