Joseph Anthony Concino Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 53017 - T/Sgt Joseph A. Concino, 401BG.
Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 20 x combat missions. Michael Kochel crew. FTR Gelsenkirchen 16-Feb-45 with Lopingsk crew in B-17 44-8371 'Badland Bat II'; shot down by flak at Oberscholven Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 12445
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH, EAME (1 x Battle Star).
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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: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12094940 / O-813718
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
York, Pennsylvania | 4 January 1923 | Son of Joseph Anthony Sr and Mary C [Rooney] Concino. |
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Enlisted |
Harrisburg, PA | 28 January 1943 | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
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Died Killed in action |
Gelsenkirchen, Germany | 16 February 1945 | |
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Based |
Deenethorpe | 16 February 1945 | Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Holy Saviour Cemetery Manchester Township, York County, PA | Re-Interred Holy Saviour Cemetery Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania |
Revisions
MACR 12446 at https://www.fold3.com/image/28710267?terms=12445,95
Flagged as a "Possible DUPLICATE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12445
