Anthony D Capone
MilitaryAssigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Rahmel, Poland in B-17 'Ole Worrybird' 42-102678 hit by flak burst lost 2 engines and fell out of formation 2-Nov-44 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 10309.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16082534 / O-813576
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ole Worrybird
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Camp Upton Rd, Shirley, NY 11967, USA | 8 September 1942 | Camp Upton Yaphank New York |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
78-220 Tychowo, Poland | 2 November 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Other Baled out |
Osnabrück, Germany | 2 November 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Rahmel, Poland in B-17 'Ole Worrybird' 42-102678 hit by flak burst lost 2 engines and fell out of formation 2-Nov-44 POW. MACR 10309. |
Born |
Long Island, New York, USA | ||
Based |
Horham | 2 November 1944 | Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10309 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database