Carmine P Spina
MilitaryOn 26th mission, plane was hit and forced to make a crash landing on a fighter base that was in process of being built. It was just a short distance from the Normandy beachead. Spent several days in France before being picked up and flown back to England.
AM w/ 8 Oak Leaf Cluster/ DFC
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Brooklyn, New York | 23 November 1919 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self