Emile Bianchi
MilitaryAssigned to 322BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 29-Apr-44 in B-17 42-31353 'Queenie. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: AM (OLC), POW, EAME, WWII Victory
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Queenie
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Postalesio, Lombardia, Italy | 1 January 1921 | Born Postalesio, Lombardia, Italy |
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Enlisted |
Springfield, Massachusetts | 16 October 1942 | Enlisted Springfield, Massachusetts |
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Prisoner of war Prisoner of War (POW) |
Stalag Luft IV, Tychowo, Poland | 29 April 1944 - 1 May 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag Luft IV |
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Died |
Pittsfield, Massachusetts | 23 January 2000 | Died Pittsfield, Massachusetts |
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Buried |
Saint Joseph's Cemetery Pittsfield, Massachusetts | 27 January 2000 | Interred Saint Joseph's Cemetery Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4236