Joseph Tocco

Military

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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.

385th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Frederick Henry Ihlenburg

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12089284 / O812998
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Orvid V Lancaster

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-742487
  • Highest Rank: Captain

Leonard C Swedlund

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-745762
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-102481

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Kentucky Winner
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron

42-102606

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Curley's Kids
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron

42-31378

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Rum Dum

42-31786

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Jeanne Ricky
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron

Missions

665

  • Date: 5 October 1944

662

  • Date: 3 October 1944

638

  • Date: 17 September 1944

591

  • Date: 30 August 1944

568

  • Date: 24 August 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Detroit, Michigan 17 May 1918
Detroit, Michigan 16 October 1940 9931 Iris Worked for General Motors - Cadillac Division

Died

Livonia, Michigan 20 March 1989

Buried

Flat Rock, Michigan 23 March 1989 Michigan Memorial Park Flat Rock, Wayne County, Michigan, USA

Revisions

Date21 Dec 2021 20:15:41
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to unit associations
Sources

Corrected squadron

Date21 Dec 2021 17:49:29
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to events, person associations, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations
Sources

https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/44017_09_0…
https://www.385thbga.com/records/database/
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/8913733:2441?tid=&pid…

Date16 Apr 2020 02:10:20
ContributorRCR
ChangesCreated entry with surname, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, unit associations and media associations
Sources

Information via ephemera from Morris Pearl