Charles C Gialloreto

Military
media-33809.jpeg UPL 33809 Top row L-R: F/O L.C. Tipton – bombardier; 2LT Edgar Eugene Blaydes – co-pilot; 1LT George William Owen Jr. – pilot; 2LT Donald Fahey – navigator; T/Sgt. Roy F. Fiore – top turret gunner

Bottom row L-R: S/Sgt. Charles C. Gialloreto – ball turret gunner; S/Sgt. James B. Gray – waist gunner­; S/Sgt. Luther J. Jorg – tail gunner; unidentified - possibly Joseph Groff? Grunholz?; T/Sgt. Peter M. Trunzo – radio operator/radio operator gunner.

Photo taken 6 July 1944.

On 12 September 1944, enemy aircraft shot down this crew in Flying Fortress #43-38355 over Wackersleben. The plane crashed at Üplingen, where the survivors – Fahey, Tipton, Fiore, Gialloreto, and Jorg – were captured by German soldiers. Owen, Blaydes, Trunzo, and Gray were killed when the plane went down. More information: http://bit.ly/2ISpPkU

Family of George Owen.

Object Number - UPL 33809 - Top row L-R: F/O L.C. Tipton – bombardier; 2LT Edgar Eugene Blaydes – co-pilot; 1LT George William Owen Jr. – pilot; 2LT Donald Fahey –...

Crew had eleven missions. Had another mission flying nose turret with another B-24 crew. Eight missions on B-24s and three on B-17s. Flew over Germany, France and Belgium. Shot down 12 September 1944 in B-17 #4338355 in a raid over Magdeburg. Prisoner of War (POW).



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Units served with

The insignia of the 493rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 863rd Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 341, Stalag 11-A

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Worland, Wyoming, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 12 September 1944

Revisions

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ContributorDarren Jelley
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Sources

493rd BG Museum archives

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8871 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self, MACR 8871, http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php

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