Carmeno J Delnero
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. 18 x combat missions. Lost strafing Locomotives near Chemnitz, after pulling up from run, was shot down by ME109, crashing in flames. 21-Nov-44. KIA. MACR 10537.
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Sizzlin Liz
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Springfield, MA | 26 December 1941 | Springfield, Massachusetts |
Other Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 22 September 1944 - 21 November 1944 | Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Chemnitz, Germany | 21 November 1944 | Lost strafing Locomotives near Chemnitz, after pulling up from run, was shot down by Bf109, crashing in flames. 21-Nov-44. KIA. MACR 10537. |
Springfield, MA, USA | |||
Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial. | |
Born |
Springfield, MA, USA | Son of August C and Adeline Delnero. |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- ABMC;
- MACR 10537;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10537 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/pilots.html