William Angelo Marcario
Military![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/media/media-45703.jpeg)
Standing left to right: S. Nevins, Mario J. Zumbolo (FE), Walter Scott Reed (WG), William Angelo Marcario (TG)
Kneeling left to right: Leighton, Elbert Paul Moyer (WG), Edwin W. Pfanner (BTG)
Added ID's.
Object Number - UPL 45703 - Group of enlisted men, most of which flew with the 388th BG: Standing left to right: S. Nevins, Mario J. Zumbolo (FE), Walter Scott Reed (WG),...
On a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944, another B-17 from the 388th went out of control after being attacked by fighters and collided with B-17G #42-40054 which exploded and crashed SE of Emmen, Holland. Prisoner of War (POW).
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- Date: 20 December 1943
![A crashed B-17 Flying Fortress of the 384th Bomb Group , Cottishall, December 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '798, CH. Crash, Cottishall, 12/43.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-413577.jpg?itok=0WgQN2CL)
- Date: 16 December 1943
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- Date: 13 December 1943
![Personnel of the 94th Bomb Group at a mission briefing. A censor has obscured the maps and charts in the background. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press'[stamp],'Passed for publication 14 December 1943.'[stamp] '296691.'[Censor no] Printed caption on reverse: 'Operations Room at US Air Base. Preparing for take off. Associated Press photo shows: Col.F. W. Castle, Group Commanding Officer, gives the massed crews of the base the last part of the briefing, and a personal 'Godspeed' and 'Good Luck' in](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-408449.jpg?itok=vqYd9b1f)
- Date: 11 December 1943
![A B-24 Liberator nicknamed "The Oklahoman", piloted by Lieutenant Mason of the 389th Bomb Group bursts into flame during a mission, 5 December 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '5/12/43B - 3, 147. 147/RFWD148. 389 BG B-24 struck by flak and destroyed 12/5/43.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-414012.jpg?itok=LuNAY7Tl)
- Date: 5 December 1943
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Brooklyn, New York, USA | 25 February 1922 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 21 March 1944 | Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 |
Died |
Bayville, NY | 21 July 1997 | |
Buried |
Bayville, NY | 24 July 1997 | Bayville Cemetery Bayville, Nassau County, New York, USA |
Other Shot Down/Captured |
Veenschapsweg, Schoonebeek, Netherlands | 6 March 1944 | His a/c was attacked by German fighters and collided with another B-17 in formation. Marcario was in the radio room when the aircraft blew up, thowing him clear |
Born |
Brooklyn, NY | 179 7th St |
Revisions
Updated the location of the "POW" event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 4 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=3159&mtch=1&tf=F&q=Wi…
MACR 3092 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database