Anthony Filippi

Military

Anthony Filippi was Right Waist gunner on board B-17 ≠42-31880, shot down on the Mannheim mission, 27 May 1944. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Raymond Gerard Rowland

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13029414
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Marvin Earl Simard

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19096620 at enlistment, then O-690262
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Thomas Nickolas Stefanko

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13111635 at enlistment, then O-702796
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

John Francis Whelan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31105617
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

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Event Location Date Description

Born

New York State 20 August 1923 New York City, New York

Enlisted

27 December 1941 New York City, New York

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

27 May 1944 NARA WWII POW record : "Interned Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow. Returned to Military Control 31 May 1945."

Other

Discharged

3 September 1945

Died

26 July 1976

Born

New York City, New York

Buried

Anthony Filippi rests at the Old Saint Raymond’s Cemetery in Bronx, New York

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Capitalized the words "Waist Gunner" in the "Role/job" field.

 

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Corrected FTR date in Biography

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MACR 5338
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
VA Gravesite Locator
Veterans Affairs BIRLS death File

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WWII Draft Card

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MACR 5338

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5338 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database