Italo Romeo DeGiusti

Military
media-48798.jpeg UPL 48798 SSGT Italo Romeo DeGiusti
Gunner
416th BG - 671st BS - 9th AF
photo taken from his 1942 HS yearbook

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Object Number - UPL 48798 - SSGT Italo Romeo DeGiusti Gunner 416th BG - 671st BS - 9th AF photo taken from his 1942 HS yearbook

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Units served with

An A-26 Invader (F6-P, serial number 43-22330) nicknamed "For Pete's Sake" of the 416th Bomb Group prepares for take-off at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Written on slide casing: '416 BG Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier/Navigator - Squadron Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-35369
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot - Squadron Commander

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group
  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Nicknames: Adam's Apple
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Nicknames: Boomerang
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 670th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group

Places

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Melun, Alsace

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

St. Paul, Minnesota 14 January 1921
Tulsa, Oklahoma 15 February 1942 3430 S. Newport Worked for Safeway Stores

Enlisted

Tulsa, Oklahoma 25 August 1942

Other

First 416th BG Combat Mission

Conches, France 7 March 1944

Other

Final 416th BG Combat Mission

Kall, Germany 5 December 1944 Flew 68 combat missions

Died

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 27 July 1998

Buried

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 30 July 1998 Resurrection Memorial Cemetery Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA Plot Sec. 3, Blk. 28, Lot 10, Sp. 1

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