Anthony Anthony Occhino
MilitaryAssigned 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
- 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: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-768191
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-760984
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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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
ContributorHotelie1970
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Sources
GENERAL ORDER # 661, 28 December 1944, from Headquarters 1 Bomb Division by Brigadier General Turner.
ContributorAl_Skiff
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ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11248, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…