Eugene T Schiappacasse
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
NARA Ref 342-FH-3A09139-B59228AC.'
Rear L-R: S/Sgt Warren R Messmer [Eng], S/Sgt Angelo Passero [Radio], S/Sgt Harvey L Cartrite [Ball], S/Sgt James E Mellor [RW], S/Sgt Ralph C Murray [LW], S/Sgt Edward L Phillips [Tail].
Front L-R: 1 Lt Eugene T Schiappacasse [Pilot], 2 Lt David S Janofsky [CoPilot], 2 Lt Henry S P Kress [Nav], 2 Lt Gerald Taylor [Bomb].
Official caption from Fold3 wrongly identifies the unit as 398th Bomb Group, presumably because the negative was processed via that unit.
As per MACR 3804 and the 95th Bomb Group roster Schipacasse & his crew served with the 95th Bomb Group, flying their first mission with the group on 23 March 1944.
In other versions of this image from the 95th Bomb Group website, the aircraft's nickname is visible in the background
Object Number - UPL 19570 - Official caption: 'Lt. Shippacasse's crew of the 8th AF's 398th Bomb Group standing by their B-17 at their base in England, 31 March 1944. NARA Ref...
Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Rostock in B-17 42-37876 'Miss Raps-O-Dee' 11-Apr-44; Shot down, plane crashed into Baltic off Bornholm Island. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3804
Awards: AM, PH.
Connections
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38107115
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-696781
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37652434
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37652362
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32413873
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Struggle Bunny : Batchas Patches : Miss Raps-O-D
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Detroit, MI | 26 March 1916 | |
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Other Killed in action |
Off Bornholm Island | 11 April 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Rostock in B-17 42-37876 'Miss Raps-O-Dee' 11-Apr-44; Shot down, plane crashed into Baltic off Bornholm Island. KIA MACR 3804 |
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Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK. | ||
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Based |
Molesworth | 11 April 1944 | Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php