Frank Paisano Jr
Military
Object Number - UPL 50593 - 1st Lt Frank Paisano Jr, 379BG
Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Hoverkamp crew. 21 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Frankfurt 29-Jan-44; shot down; crashed Chenogne, near Sibret, 7km SW of Bastogne, Belgium. Evaded initially with Capt Douglas Hoverkamp and T/Sgt Orvin V. Taylor.
Captured. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2873
Awards:POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
See the details of his escape and capture at https://www.evasioncomete.be/fpaisanfd.html
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12158157
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11056263
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16057178 / O-678773
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32449359
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37212529
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
Aircraft
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Paguate, New Mexico | 16 August 1919 | Son of Frank Paisano Sr. |
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Enlisted |
Santa Fe, NM | 14 January 1942 | Santa Fe, New Mexico |
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Other Baled out EVD |
Chenogne, Belgium | 29 January 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Frankfurt 29-Jan-44; Baled out and initially evaded. |
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Other EVD |
29 January 1944 | Initially evaded capture. | |
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Died |
New Mexico | 14 August 1968 | |
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Buried |
San Jose National Cemetery, San Jose, Santa Fe County, NM | 17 August 1968 | San Jose National Cemetery, San Jose, Santa Fe County, New Mexico |
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Based |
Kimbolton | 29 January 1944 | Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Prisoner of war (POW) |
Moosburg, Bavaria | Prisoner of war (POW). Stalag VIIa. |
Revisions
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Corrected the name by moving "Jr" from the middle name field to the suffix field.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2873, 8th AF Losses