Victor Thomas Turrou
MilitaryAssigned to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Attack on Foggia airfields under TDY to the 9th AAF. KIA in 41-23778 'Lady Luck' Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2141/3150
Awards: PH.
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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: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11062939 / O-670981
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Jenny - Lady Luck
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Siberia, Russia | 9 December 1919 | Leon George and Teresa [Zakrzewski] Turrou. |
Enlisted |
New York City, NY | 6 April 1942 | New York City, New York |
Died |
Ruoti, Italy | 16 August 1943 | |
Buried |
Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial Nettuno, Lazio, Italy Plot J Row 2 Grave 62 | ||
Based |
16 August 1943 | Assigned to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Falls Church, VA |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR3150/44th BG Casualties