Joseph A Testagrossa
MilitaryAssigned 773BS, 463BG, 15AF USAAF.
Failed to Return (FTR) Missing in Action Blechhammer 10-Dec-44 Hit by flak crashed Adriatic Sea, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 10689.
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 773rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12176628 / O-826906
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 773rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Foggia Satellite #1, San Nicola-d'Arpi
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Fort Devens, Massachusetts | 6 April 1943 | Fort Devens Massachusetts |
Died |
Adriatic Sea | 10 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Missing in Action Blechhammer 10-Dec-44 Hit by flak crashed Adriatic Sea Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10689 |
Born |
Massachusetts, USA | Husband of Irene Testagrossa. | |
Born |
Worcester County, MA | Son of Ciro and Serafina Lomonde Testagrossa. | |
Based |
Celone | 10 December 1944 | Assigned 773BS, 463BG, 15AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial |
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