Anthony John Nardozzi
MilitaryShot down by fighters on the return form a mission to the Marshalling Yards at Frankfurt on 4 Feb 1944 in B-24H #42-7542 'Black Widow'. Plane crashed SE of Albert, FR, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Connections
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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: 446th Bomb Group 707th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15095550 / O-678230
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Black Widow
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 707th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 4 February 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Flixton
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
27 March 1920 | ||
Enlisted |
21 August 1942 | Ft. Jay | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
4 February 1944 - 30 May 1945 | Stalag Luft 4, Gross¬Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia | |
Died |
15 March 2018 | ||
Buried |
19 March 2018 | Beechwoods Cemetery |
Revisions
Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.
Added the ending date for the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives.
Added a connection to the 8th AF and a connection to the 8th AF mission for 4 Feb 1944.
Completed the date for the Died event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 188122545.
Added a Purple Heart award per info on Find-a-grave Memorial ID 188122545.
Added Death & Burial events per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 188122545 .
Removed extraneous verbage in the "Summary biography".
WW II Enlistment records; Ancestry.com data; WW II Air Crew records for POWs
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2248 / MACR 2248, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces; The History of the 446th Bomb Group, pg 49-50 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database