Eugene Fidelis Pettinelli

Military

19 missions, 6 to Berlin. Shot down 18 April 1944 while copiloting B-17 #42-37902 'Sure Thing', becoming a Prisoner of War (POW).



AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster

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Units served with

The insignia of the 390th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-694638
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18187769
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37544827
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-741509
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37418829
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hell's Bells/Sure Stuff
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Flushing, New York, USA 20 June 1924

Enlisted

New York City, New York, USA 26 October 1942 Enlisted with the serial number 12160178

Other

Shot down

Barnewitz, Germany 18 April 1944 Shot down over a mission to Oranienburg, Germany, while on B-17 42-37902, serving as the Co-Pilot. Would later become a POW.

Other

Prisoner Of War

Stalag III, Sagan, Poland 18 April 1944 Served roughly 13 months as a POW at Stalag III.

Died

23 December 2014

Buried

Saint John Cemetery, Middle Village, New York, USA 23 December 2014

Based

Framlingham Assigned to 568thBS, 390thBG, 8thAF.

Revisions

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ContributorCastleBren
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Sources

Edited awards and events to better reflect his location as a POW.

Date
ContributorCastleBren
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390th Bomb Group records

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4013 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self, MACR 4013