Emil William Taddeo

Military
media-43781.jpeg UPL 43781 Norman P. Kempton Crew
388th BG - 560th BS

Standing L to R: Norman P. Kempton (P), Paul E. Davis (CP), Stanley A. Plytynski (N), Harry H. McKenna (B)

Kneeling L to R: Emil W. Taddeo (FE), Raymond S. Eutuch (WG), Hamp B. Nicholson (TG), Harvey B. Norton (BTG), Louis J. Mostardi (R/O), Melvin S. Larson (WG) 388th Bomb Group collection

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Object Number - UPL 43781 - Norman P. Kempton Crew 388th BG - 560th BS Standing L to R: Norman P. Kempton (P), Paul E. Davis (CP), Stanley A. Plytynski (N), Harry H....

Shot down 5 January 1944 in B-17 #42-5899 'Sioux City Queen'. A/C received heavy damage and crashed near Cartujac, France. Evaded (EVD). Escape & Evasion Report - E&E 516

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Paul Edwin Davis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-680188
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Joseph Matthew DeRouin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16155799
  • Highest Rank: Private
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Raymond S Evtuch

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16126416
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner / Ball Turret Gunner

Norman Pershing Kempton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-799790
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

William Robertson LaForce

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-744281
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

42-5899

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sioux City Queen
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Richmond Hill, New York, USA 13 December 1920

Other

Evaded

France 5 January 1944 - 25 March 1944

Revisions

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ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

MACR 3118
Escape & Evasion Report - E&E 516

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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 3118 / MACR 3118, 8th AF Losses / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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