John Di Giorgio

Military

Assigned to 852FS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. 8 x combat missions. Berlin mission in B-24 42-50680 26-Feb-45; feathered No3 engine over target, fell behind formation, A/C abandoned Rakoniewice, Poland. RTD MACR 12770



Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'

491st Bomb Group

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

People

Frank M Jensen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-718649
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-50680

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

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Other

Baled out POW

Rakoniewice, Poland 26 February 1945 Berlin mission in B-24 42-50680 26-Feb-45; feathered No3 engine over target, fell behind formation, A/C abandoned Rakoniewice, Poland. RTD MACR 12770

Other

Returned to unit

Odesa, Russia 26 February 1945 - 8 May 1945 Returned to UK by VE day via polish underground and Russians.
Brooklyn, Kings County, NY

Based

Metfield Assigned to 852FS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit history