Anthony L Piscitelli

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-35087.jpeg UPL 35087 1Lt Anthony L Piscitelli


Photo source: John Stewart

Michel Beckers WW2CRASHSITERESEARCH

Object Number - UPL 35087 - 1Lt Anthony L Piscitelli Photo source: John Stewart

Anthony Piscitelli was pilot of P-38 #42-67866. Hit by Flak while strafing the Coulommiers airfield on 10 April 1944. Killed in Action (KIA). His plane crashed at 200m from the Western edge of the Coulommiers-Voisins airfield (Commune of Maisoncelles-en-Brie), Seine-et-Marne Department, France. Missing Air Crew Report – MACR 3725.

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Units served with

Aircraft

French countryside, photographed through the nose of a P-38 Lightning of the 367th Fighter Group on landing. Image stamped on reverse: 'Not to be published 30 Aug 1944.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 31 May 1945.' [stamp] and '354528 .' [censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'P-38s over the Seine. No.1 of a series of pix taken through the nose of the P-38 as it comes in to land. Scherschel LIFE.'
  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: Base Air Depot 3 370th Fighter Group 479th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Group 343rd Fighter Squadron 434th Fighter Squadron 485th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 343rd Fighter Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

7 September 1943 New York City, New York

Other

Killed In Action (KIA)

10 April 1944 in the crash of his P-38 #42-67866, near Maisoncelles-en-Brie, Seine-et-Marne Department, France.

Buried

11 April 1944 at the Coulommiers Cemetery, France – 3rd Row, Grave 46

Born

New York State
Brooklyn, New York

Buried

Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial After the war, his remains were transferred to the American Military Cemetery in Epinal, France - Plot A – Row 35 – Grave 29

Revisions

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ContributorED-BB
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Removed association with UPL 35089 (duplicate entry)

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ContributorED-BB
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Added correct crash place and personal details.
NARA WWII Enlistment Records
MACR 3725
NARA - Captured German records - J-820 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/131495422 and K J-910 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/131496286
ABMC website

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ContributorPyker
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Added service number and highest rank.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3725 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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