John P Morreale

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-23571.jpeg UPL 23571 SSGT John P. Morreale
Radio Operator
Ronald Rohner Crew
401st BG - 613th BS
KIA 30 January 1944

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Object Number - UPL 23571 - SSGT John P. Morreale Radio Operator Ronald Rohner Crew 401st BG - 613th BS KIA 30 January 1944

Shot down during bombing mission over Brunswick, Germany 30 January 1944 in B-17G #42-37856 'Fancy Nancy III'. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

Ronald R Rohner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-803692
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-37856

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fancy Nancy III
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chicago, Illinois, USA 1 October 1922

Buried

Hillside, IL, USA 30 April 1949 Mount Carmel Cemetery Hillside Cook County Illinois, USA Plot: Section 33, Block 11, Lot 80, Grave 1

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

38154 Beienrode, Germany 30 January 1944 Show down by Fw190's.

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Brought in information from a duplicate record. Source:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2276, 8th AF Losses, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1178

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1178
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=morreale&GSfn=joh…;

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 2276 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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