Vito Peragine Jr

Military

Shot down by flak and fighters and crashed near Mont St Martin, FR on a mission to Augsberg, GR on 25 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31517. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron

Places

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Events

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Born

Bronx, New York

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3003, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces