Antonio Francisco Jr

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Shot down in flames by fighters and exploded and crashed near Montbaur, GR aon a mission to Brunswick,GR on 20 Feb 1944 in B-24H 42-64439 'Bullet Serenade'. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-64439

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Bullet Serenade
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron

Events

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Killed in action

20 February 1944

Born

Burlington, New Jersey

Buried

New Jersey

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2438, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, History of the 445th Bomb Group by Rudolph Birsic