Bruno D Boccolucci | American Air Museum

Bruno D Boccolucci

Military

Prisoner of War. Shot down by flak and crashed at Stade on 8/6/44 in B-24 Cover Girl 42-94945.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 489th Bomb Group.

489th Bomb Group

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

Personnel of the 846th Bomb Squadron, 489th Bomb Group. Image via Robert Buck. Written on slide casing: '846th personnel.'

846th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Arthur G Cressler

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 489th Bomb Group 846th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator

John Robert Kennedy

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 489th Bomb Group 846th Bomb Squadron 847th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-826293
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot

Thomas James McGory

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 489th Bomb Group 846th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 32838198
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner

Frederick A Meyer

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 489th Bomb Group 846th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Henry A Nadolny

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 489th Bomb Group 846th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

An airman of the 489th Bomb Group in the cockpit of his B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-94945) nicknamed "Cover Girl".

42-94945

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Nicknames: Cover Girl (V1)
Unit: 489th Bomb Group 845th Bomb Squadron

Places

P-47 Thunderbolt pilots of the 61st Fighter Squadron chat to one another after their latest mission, at Halesworth air base where the 56th Fighter Group were stationed. Left to right they are: Lieutenant-Colonel Francis S. Gabreski, Lieutenant Eugene E. Barnum and Lieutenant Frank W. Klibbe. Passed for publication 26 November 1943.

Halesworth

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Holton

Events

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Prisoner of war

6 August 1944

Born

Buffalo, New York

Revisions

Date30 May 2021 18:23:24

Contributoracbernstein1

Changes

Sources

AAM

Date27 Sep 2014 18:04:49

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7376