Joseph John Molinari
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 20795
563rd Bomb Squadron crew in front of B-17 42-30193 "Hardluck".
Riley F Bissonette son.
Shot down 20 December 1943 in B-17 #4231084. Killed in Action (KIA). Earlier 10/14/43 on takeoff for Schweinfurt in B17#42-30193 'Hard Luck', no. 3 engine caught fire during take off with 10 bombs aboard. Lt. Swith retracted landing gear to avoid trees. Crew escaped before ac caught fire and exploded.
DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
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- Date: 26 November 1943
- Date: 13 November 1943
- Date: 11 November 1943
- Date: 5 November 1943
- Date: 3 November 1943
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Governors Island, New York, NY 11231, USA | 14 July 1942 | Fort Jay |
Died |
Bremen-Vegesack, Bremen, Germany | 20 December 1943 | Flak at the Target area was very intense and every plane suffered battle damage. Lt. Eccleston, in a/c 42-31084, was lost due to this flak; and, when last seen at 1212 hours, he was going down with his bomb bay doors open and on fire. |
Born |
New York State | ||
Buried |
Tablets of The Missing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial • Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England |
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Sources
ABMC; MACR 3154, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 342 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia