Sam A Giorgianni

Military

A/C hit by fighters before target. Tail was chewed off to the K. Aircraft made bomb run and straggled behind formation having trouble making turns on 29 Jan 1944. Prisoner of War.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-29886

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Scheherazade
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Prisoner of war

29 January 1944

Born

Muncie, Indiana

Revisions

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Added S/N per General orders, HQ 1st Bombardment Division, APO 634 2 Feb 1944 (IWM Document 30697).

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2871

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2871

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379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 293 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia