Armand John Ramacitti Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Photo was taken by 2nd Lt Theodore "Teddy" Chronopolis during a training flight prior to leaving for England.
Removed associations not depicted in image. Associated person. Associations added to person record.
Object Number - UPL 39769 - Pilot of 44-6133 2nd Lt Armand J. Ramacitti. Photo courtesy of Jeanne Cronis-Campbell, via Mitch Peeke. Photo was taken by 2nd Lt Theodore "Teddy"...
Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Zudausques mission in B-17 44-6133; Due to extensive Flak damage, A/C collided with 42-97942 and crashed at Allhallows-On-Sea, Kent. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6984
Awards: PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14059710
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 12th Replacement Control Depot 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11121261 / O-704164
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Bombardier / Nose Gunner
Image Alan Jasper/Geoff Burke, Via Mitch Peeke.
Alan Jasper/Geoff Burke. Via Mitch Peeke.
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15133310 / O-701755
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31362371
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37298962
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Oak Park, Illinois | 16 April 1916 | Son of Armand John Snr and Lillian A [Perlick] Ramacitti. |
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Enlisted |
Chicago, IL | 13 November 1941 | Chicago, Illinois |
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Died |
Thames Estuary | 19 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Zudausques mission in B-17 44-6133; Mid air collision Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6984 |
|
Buried |
Cambridge American Cemetery | Cambridge American Cemetery Plot C Row 3 Grave 30 | |
|
Based |
Kimbolton | 19 June 1944 | Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.abmc.gov/node/542286
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56293568/armand-john-Vicky
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https://www.abmc.gov/node/542286
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56293568/armand-john-Vicky Hughes
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / see page 394 in Losses of the 8th & 0th