Reuben Acosta

Military

Object Number - UPL 52491 - Sgt Reuben Acosta, 401BG.

Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew 6 x combat missions. Scimeca crew.

Awards: AM, WII Victory, 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.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

Sam Salvatorre Scimeca

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

43-38077

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tagalong, Duke's Mixture
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

24 January 1926

Enlisted

Fort Snelling, MN 10 June 1944 Fort Snelling, Minnesota

Enlisted

Sheppard Field, Witchita Falls, TX 14 June 1946 Sheppard Field, Witchita Falls, Texas

Other

Discharged USAF

30 June 1964 Honourable discharge.

Died

15 March 1971

Buried

Fort Snelling National Cemetery Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN 18 March 1971 Fort Snelling National Cemetery Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Based

Deenethorpe Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Discharged USAAF

Honourable discharge.

Revisions

Date19 Oct 2021 14:56:50
ContributorAl_Skiff
Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/255059/reuben-acosta

Date19 Oct 2021 07:49:00
ContributorAl_Skiff
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/81693150/reuben-acosta-social-security-dea…
https://www.fold3.com/record/84646188/reuben-acosta-wwii-army-enlistmen…
https://www.fold3.com/record/84647178/reuben-acosta-wwii-army-enlistmen…
https://www.fold3.com/record/714909603/acosta-reuben-us-veterans-graves…
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2706
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/255059/reuben-acosta

Date27 Sep 2014 18:22:18
ContributorAAM
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2706

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Object number: UPL 52491 - Sgt Reuben Acosta, 401BG.