Prosper F Pinto

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media-6365.jpeg UPL 6365 Prosper F. Pinto Crew
Lost on their first mission when they collided with another 466th BG in thick clouds during assembly for the 27 March 1944 mission.

466th BG HIstorian

Object Number - UPL 6365 - Prosper F. Pinto Crew Lost on their first mission when they collided with another 466th BG in thick clouds during assembly for the 27 March 1944...

Crashed after takeoff on a mission to Biarritz airfield, FR on 27 Mar 1944 in B-24H #42-52562. Collided with another 466th plane in low visibility. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Worthington W Phillips

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-7510311
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Joseph Russo

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32465821
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Joseph L Russo

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16135410
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Clarence L Saltiel

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Edwin Allen Stewart

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39907345
  • Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
  • Role/Job: Armorer Gunner

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Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Hartford, CT, USA 8 September 1941

Died

Northall Green, Dereham, Dereham, Norfolk NR20, UK 27 March 1944

Buried

Bloomfield, CT, USA Mount Saint Benedict Cemetery Bloomfield Hartford County Connecticut, USA

Born

Hartford, CT, USA

Revisions

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ContributorBrad Sullivan
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Contributor466thHistorian
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466th BG Historian

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466th BG Historian

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Contributor466thHistorian
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Chris Brassfield

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ContributorAAM
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Combat Chronology Supplement p. 243 Attlebridge Arsenal p. 206 by Wassom and Brassfield., Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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