Daniel De Florio

Military

Shot down 28 July 1943 in B-17 #42-29777 'Peck's Bad Boys', Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

Connections

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-29777

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Peck's Bad Boys
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Haver Hill, Massachusetts, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Austria 28 July 1943 Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Copied "Summary biography" from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so one dup person can be deleted.

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Corrected the name by moving "De" from the middle name field to the surname field.
Added POW camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

MACR 125 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database