Leon Anthony Mascolo
MilitaryShot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #41-29153 'Greenwich'. Prisoner of War (POW).
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Hartford, Connecticut, USA | 17 August 1916 | |
Enlisted |
15 May 1942 | Hartford, Connecticut | |
Other Captured |
8 April 1944 | after bailing out of B 41-29153 over Germany | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
8 April 1944 | Interned at Stalag Luft 1, Barth, Germany. NARA WWII POW records :" Returned to Military Control 31 May 1945." | |
Died |
5 November 1995 | Hartford, Connecticut | |
Hartford, Connecticut |
Revisions
ContributorED-BB
Changes
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It's Mascolo not Mascola !
MACR 3850
NARA WWII Enlistment Records
NARA WWII POW records
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3850 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database