Anthony Anthony Occhino

Military

Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Koblenz mission in B-17 42-107083; crashed near Prum on 27-Dec-44. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 11248



Awards: AM (2OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-768191
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
Nine men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane.  Five men standing to the rear and four men seated in front on large canvas bags.  Some of the men are  wearing  cold weather flying gear.  There is also some gear lying in front of the men.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-760984
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 547th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Nevada Avenger
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Buffalo, New York 15 June 1921

Enlisted

Buffalo, NY 14 October 1942 Buffalo, New York

Other

Baled out POW

Prum, Germany 27 December 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Koblenz mission in B-17 42-107083; crashed near Prum on 27-Dec-44. POW MACR 11248

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 27 December 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Discharged USAAF

15 August 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Buffalo, NY 7 August 1996

Buried

Buffalo Cemetery Cheektowaga, Erie County, NY 11 August 1996 Buffalo Cemetery Cheektowaga, Erie County, New York

Revisions

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Updated awards into Bio field

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ContributorHotelie1970
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GENERAL ORDER # 661, 28 December 1944, from Headquarters 1 Bomb Division by Brigadier General Turner.

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