Andrew B Creo
MilitaryRear L-R: 2Lt Edmund H Lutz, 2Lt,Frank A Banell, Unkn, Unkn, Unkn, 2Lt Andrew B Creo.
Front L-R: Unkn, Unkn, Unkn, Unkn.
Crew for 24-Mar-44 in B-17 42-30720 were 2Lt Andrew B Creo (P), 2Lt Edmund H Lutz (CP), 2Lt Frank A Banell (N), S/Sgt Carl B Christensen (Tog), Sgt's William M Martin (TT), Howard C Damon (RO), Elmer L Koelling (BT), Billy J Hancock (RW), Russell Boyd (LW), Lawrence E Becker (TG).
Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 44 x combat missions. ETD.
Awards: DFC, AM (5OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: Killed in B-29 mid air collision.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-694646
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17152796
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-706856
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15071352 / O-693463
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 732135
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Queens, NY | 26 August 1915 | |
Enlisted |
Jamaica, NY | 22 April 1941 | Jamaica, New York |
Died |
Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane | 8 September 1958 | Killed in mid air collision of two B-29's. |
Based |
Kimbolton | Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Buried |
Fort George Wright Cemetery, Spokane, WA | Fort George Wright Cemetery Spokane, Spokane County, WA |
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Special Order 50 transfers Creo's crew from Gunnery School to the 379th Bomb Group on 20 February 1944.
379th Bombardment Group (H) Anthology, 1942-45; p. 157. / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia