Andrew B Creo

Military
media-40013.jpeg UPL 40013 "A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Fatso" at an 8th Air Force base in England, 24 March 1944."

Rear 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).

Object Number - UPL 40013 - "A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Fatso" at an 8th Air Force base in England, 24 March 1944." Rear...

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

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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

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

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Special Order 50 transfers Creo's crew from Gunnery School to the 379th Bomb Group on 20 February 1944.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

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

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