Patsy Carmine DiCicco

Military

Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 21 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Hamburg in B-17 42-107009 'Lady Jane' 6-Nov-44; crashed near Medenblick. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 10349



Awards: AM (2OLC), POW, WWII, EAME.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19095785 / O-768491
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lady Jane
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Campbell, OH 16 February 1920 Son of Michael and Josephine [Cantelmi] DiCicco.

Enlisted

546 Jack Gibbs Blvd, Columbus, OH 43215, USA 26 May 1942 At Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio

Other

Force landed

Medenblick, Netherlands 6 November 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Hamburg in B-17 42-107009 'Lady Jane' 6-Nov-44; crashed near Medenblick. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 10349

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 6 November 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Discharged USAAF

18 October 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Youngstown, OH 10 October 1993
Mahoning County, OH, USA

Based

Deenethorpe 6 November 1944 Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.