Salvatore A DePietro
MilitaryOn a mission to Romilly-sur-Seine, FR on 5 Feb 1944, the number one engine on B-17F #42-3329 'Skippy' ran away and then caught fire. The crew baled out and the a/c crashed Saleshurst, Sussex. RTD. (minor injury)
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Skippy
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces