Mike Joseph Cappalletti

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-32770.jpeg UPL 32770 LtR: T/Sgt William Ramsey (POW), S/Sgt Mike Cappelletti (KIA), S/Sgt George Hayes (KIA) Lt Bruce Sundlun (Escaped), Lt Zitnik(only on this 10th mission), Kneeling: Lt Reino Jylkka (POW)

Ammended spelling of names, people associations and aircraft, based on information at https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=5229

Object Number - UPL 32770 - LtR: T/Sgt William Ramsey (POW), S/Sgt Mike Cappelletti (KIA), S/Sgt George Hayes (KIA) Lt Bruce Sundlun (Escaped), Lt Zitnik(only on this 10th...

Assigned to 545th 384BG, 8AF USAAF. 13 x missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Solingen. Shot down 1-Dec-43 in B-17 41-24557 'Damn Yankees'. Killed in Action (KIA).



Awards: AM (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

People

Bruce George Sundlun

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-796910
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-24557

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Damn Yankee
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Tacoma, WA, USA 23 September 1942 Tacoma, Washington

Died

20 miles SE of Ostend, Belgium 1 December 1943
Seattle, Washington

Born

King County, WA, USA

Buried

Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial Lorraine, France Plot A Row 6 Grave 70

Based

Grafton Underwood 1 December 1943 Assigned to 545th 384BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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https://www.fold3.com/record/90839576-mike-j-cappelletti
https://www.fold3.com/record/529847489-mike-j-cappelletti
https://www.fold3.com/image/310763500
https://www.fold3.com/image/28691399
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56371514/mike-joseph-cappelletti

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Removed redundant info from Buried event.

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https://www.fold3.com/record/90839576-mike-j-cappelletti
https://www.fold3.com/record/529847489-mike-j-cappelletti
https://www.fold3.com/image/310763500?terms=39190019
https://www.fold3.com/image/28691399

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http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=5229

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http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=5229

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1334

Mike Joseph Cappalletti: Gallery (4 items)

Object number: UPL 32770 - LtR: T/Sgt William Ramsey (POW), S/Sgt Mike...

Object number: UPL 53956 - B-17 41-24557 'Damn Yankee' 384BG.

Object number: UPL 53962 - S/Sgt Mike J. Cappelletti, 384BG

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front.

Object number: UPL 67055 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews/26 November 1943...