Samuel Troncalli Jr

Military

Assigned to 91TCS, 439TCG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) re-supply mission to Grossbeck, Holland. Hit by flak in starboard wing tank shortly after crossing French coast, wing on fire, baled out of A/C just as fire extinguished itself. Prisoner of War (POW). 19-Sep-44. MACR 11179.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.



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Units served with

Aircraft

42-100885

  • Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
  • Unit: 439th Troop Carrier Group 91st Troop Carrier Squadron

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Aerial photograph of Upottery airfield looking west, the main runway runs vertically, barrack sites are to the bottom right of the airfield, 15 March 1944. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/CT/91/541. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Upottery

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Smeatharpe

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Jefferson, AL, USA 24 July 1920 Son of Samuel and Josephine [Lovoy] Troncalli.

Enlisted

Atlanta, GA, USA 14 August 1942

Other

Baled out

8 miles NE Bruges, Belgium 19 September 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) re-supply mission to Grossbeck, Holland. Hit by flak in starboard wing tank shortly after crossing French coast, wing on fire, baled out of A/C just as fire extinguished itself. POW. 19-Sep-44. MACR 11179.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 19 September 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

Jefferson, GA, USA 26 June 2011
Dekalb County, GA, USA

Based

Upottery 19 September 1944 Assigned to 91TCS, 439TCG, 9AF USAAF.

Buried

229 Bell St, Decatur, GA 30030, USA Interred Decatur Cemetery Decatur DeKalb County Georgia, USA

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