Ysaye William Di Rosario
Military
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Object Number - UPL 30400 - Ysaye Di Rosario
declared MIA and possibly deceased via telegram
declared POW and release via telegram
Loved his family
Boston Firefighter
Mason and jack of all trades
Summered in Bartlett NH, volunteer firefighter/skimobile rescuer,
Built his own home just prior to his death at 51
Buried in Bartlett NH - his special place!
Shot down by fighters, B-17G #42-31455 crashed N of Soest, GR on a mission to Munster and Hamm, GR on 23 Mar 1944. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
![A battle-damaged B-17 Flying Fortress (CC-A, serial number 42-31466) of the 569th Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group at Manston, 17 April 1944. Official caption on image: "754(44) - W.P.U. - 4-17-44 - Manston - Battle Damage - B-17G 42-31455 - R.Z. FSAD." Handwritten caption on reverse: '390th Bomb Group, 13th Combat Wing, 3rd Air Division.' On reverse: Photographic Section USAAF Station 595 [Stamp].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-414089.jpg.webp?itok=6ukp1gcv)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
Places
![A bomber crew of the 92nd Bomb Group return to Podington following a mission flying B-17 Flying Fortresses to Wittenberg. A B-17 Flying Fortress (NV-K, serial number 42-29994) is visible in the background. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for Publication 23 Feb 1945' [stamp]. ' News Chronicle Copyright Picture' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'Crew back from Wittenberg.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379172.jpg.webp?itok=G7D0FciD)
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 23 March 1944 | |
|
Born |
Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
Revisions
Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3414, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=59270
MACR 3414 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
