Anthony Michael Tuberose

Military

Shot down by fighters and crashed near Recke-Langenakker on a mission to Brunswick on 10 February 1944 in B-17G #42-37971. The crew that survived the attack baled out before the a/c broke up in the air. Prisoner of War (POW). Anthony Tuberose ended his military carerr as a Lt Colonel in the US Air Force.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: ASN 32511695
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35389457
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33206710
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15320274
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O741988
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Boston, Massachusetts, USA 2 September 1918

Enlisted

2 January 1941 Boston, Massachusetts

Other

Bailed out

10 February 1944 over Germany, of the Fortress 42-37971 he was piloting

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

10 February 1944 Interned at Stalag Luft 1, Barth, Germany. NARA WWII POW records : "Returned to Military Control 9 July 1945."

Died

25 February 2014 San Diego, California
Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Buried

Fort Rosecrans National cemetery, San Diego, California

Revisions

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NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2526 / MACR 2526, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database