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August Altese, Navigator - 301st and 442nd Bomb Groups
August Altese - DFC
August Altese - Air Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster
Assigned to 352BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. 25 x Combat missions.
Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), WWII Victory, American Campaign, EAME (4 x Battle Star).
Group
Activated 3-February-1942 at Geiger Field, Washington and equipped with B-17s. On 27-May-1942 the ground unit moved to Alamogordo Army Air Field, New Mexico, and the aircraft went to Muroc Army Air Field (now Edwards Air Force Base), California for...
Group
The 447th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses on strategic bombardment missions out of Rattlesden, Suffolk. With their first mission coming on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1943, their main focus was hitting sites that would weaken enemy forces...
Squadron
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 18/5/44; Kearney 27/5/44; Dow Fd 8/6/44; Assigned 708BS/447BG Rattlesden 9/6/44; completed 129 missions with no abort; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 13/7/45; Reconstruction Finance...
Military site : airfield
Built for the Eighth Air Force in 1942, Rattlesden had three concrete runways, 50 hardstandings and two dispersed T2 hangars. Intended to be a twin-engine B-26 bomber base, it was originally a satellite for nearby Rougham, and first occupied from...
Military site : airfield
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Detroit, MI | 1 February 1922 |
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Son of Paul and Mary [Gervasi] Altese. |
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| Enlisted | Ann Arbor, MI | 13 May 1942 |
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Ann Arbor, Michigan |
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| Based | Lucera | 1943 – 1944 |
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Assigned to 352BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. |
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| Died | Marshall, MI | 26 July 2016 |
| Buried | Fernwood Cemetery Gladstone, Delta County, MI | August 2016 |
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Fernwood Cemetery |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 10 March 2022 09:26:54 | Al_Skiff | Changes to highest rank, biography, awards, events, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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https://www.301bg.com/Altese_August_A3081_301BG.cfm |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 09 March 2022 23:36:47 | Douglas P | Changes to service number and awards |
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NARA |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 28 December 2018 14:40:54 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with surname, firstname, nickname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events, unit associations and place associations |
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https://www.301bg.com/Altese_August_A3081_301BG.cfm |
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