Louis Palermo
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 13414 - Page 3 of 466th Bomb Group 'Roll of Honor' at All Saints Church, Weston Longville.
Shot down by fighters and crashed at Gelderingen in B-24 "Ramblin' Wreck" #41-28932, Prisoner of War (POW).
Connections
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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: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-817669
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Ramblin Wreck
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Dallas, TX, USA | 27 April 1923 | |
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Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA, USA | 11 January 1943 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 20 August 1944 | Stalag Luft IV Dates are approximate |
|
Died |
Fullerton, CA, USA | 18 February 1998 | |
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Buried |
Fullerton, Orange County, California, USA | 21 February 1998 | Loma Vista Memorial Park |
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Other Shot Down/Captured |
Gelderingen, 8341 Steenwijkerwold, Netherlands | 15 August 1944 | |
| Los Angeles, CA, USA |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Updated the location of the "POW" event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8430 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
