Anthony Vespasiano

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) in B-17 #43-38270. Crashed 1km East of Körbecke, Westfalen, Germany.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.

385th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Orsen Elliott Jensen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19109055 and O-773392
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Kenneth E Kio

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32476072
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Wallace D Land

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37536391
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Charles G Melhado

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38382721 and O-719128
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Francis M Riggs

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19111997 and O-768235
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

43-38270

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron

Missions

720

  • Date: 21 November 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Newark, New Jersey, USA 10 July 1923

Enlisted

Newark, New Jersey, United States 14 April 1943

Died

21 November 1944

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Körbecke, Möhnesee, Germany 21 November 1944

Buried

Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, East Orange, New Jersey, United States

Revisions

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Sources

NARA WWII Enlistment records
MACR 10413

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10413 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database