Carmelo Piano Pelusi Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 30 July 1943 in B-17 #42-30290 'Lucky Lady II', Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

96th BG - Crew of Lucky Lady II after debriefing

42-30290

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lucky Lady II
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

East Flanders, Belgium 30 July 1943

Born

Buried

Morenci, AZ 85540, USA

Revisions

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ContributorIrishinamerica
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Per AZ Daily Star (Tucson, AZ) article reporting the loss of his aircraft - Carmelo was awarded the Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters. Due to being KIA and having served in the ETO, the other awards are educated guesses.

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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ContributorLucy May
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Brought in information from duplicate record. Sources:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 145;
Snetterton Falcons, pg 44 / https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16826750/carmelo-p-pelusi

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ContributorIrishinamerica
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Carmelo was one of my great great grandfather's nephews. Carmelo was a 1st generation American, his mother having been born in Italy. He was born and grew up in Morenci, AZ. If you need them, I do have parts of the Missing Air Crew Report for this aircraft, and documents about Carmelo.

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ContributorLucy May
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Moved names to correct fields.

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ContributorAAM
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MACR 145 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database