Carl Francis Spirito

Military

Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-3310 'Blood, Guts and Rust'. Plane ditched into Mediterranean Sea. Returned to base.



Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #42-3328 'Miss Fortune', Prisoner of War (POW)

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Trenton, New Jersey, USA 9 May 1915

Lived in

Trenton, New Jersey 3 February 1941 251 Walnut

Enlisted

Camden, NJ 14 September 1942

Other

Shot Down/Ditched/Rescued

Med Sea, 13 miles off the coast of Annaba (Bone), Algeria 17 August 1943

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Gneixendorf, Austria 20 October 1943 Stalag 17b  

Died

Trenton, NJ 19 December 1970

Other

Shot Down/WIA/Captured

Vorsundern, Germany 10 October 1943 Miss Fortune (23328-D, 568): cruelly living up to its namesake, the "Miss Fortune" was struck by a rocket and collided with "Miss Behavin" (23415-Q, 571). The aircraft then broke in two and crashed. Three members of the crew (William E. Wenckens, John W. Danielsen, and Carl F. Spirito) survived, but were subsequently taken prisoner by the Germans.

Revisions

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Corrected a typo in the event "Description" - "Miss" was misspelled.

 

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Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.
Removed redundant Enlisted event.

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MACR 861 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database