Vittorio O Russo
Military
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 50495 - 2nd Lt Vittorio O. Russo , 744BS, 456BG
Assigned to 744BS, 456BG, 15 AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Shell Oil Refinery, Budapest with Ed Jones crew 2-Jul-44; attacked and mauled by Fw190‘s. Pilot signalled to abandon the crippled plane, baled out. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 6439
Awards: AM, PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Emperor Jones
- Unit: 456th Bomb Group 744th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Ludlow, VT | 10 August 1920 | Son of Pasquale and Jennie [Marro] Russo. |
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Enlisted |
20 July 1942 | ||
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Other Baled out POW |
2 July 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Shell Oil Refinery, Budapest with Ed Jones crew 2-Jul-44; attacked and mauled by Fw190‘s. Pilot signalled to abandon the crippled plane, baled out. POW MACR 6439 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
2 July 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW), Stalag Luft III. | |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
9 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Flemington, NJ | 4 April 2009 | |
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Buried |
Holy Cross Cemetery Jerome, Somerset County, PA, | 7 April 2009 | Holy Cross Cemetery Jerome, Somerset County, Pennsylvania |
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Based |
Stornara | 2 July 1944 | Assigned to 744BS, 456BG, 15 AF USAAF. |
| Newark, NJ | Raised in Newark, New Jersey. |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/record/93300708/vittorio-o-russo-social-security-…
https://www.fold3.com/record/626696694/vittorio-russo-1920-veterans-aff…
https://martinfh.com/tribute/details/436/Vittorio-O-Russo/obituary.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171738922/vittorio-russo
