Frank Charles Pilato

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media-36561.jpeg UPL 36561 TSgt Frank C Pilato, Radio Operator on B17 42-31149 388th Bomb Group,which crashed into the English Channel, 20 miles of Isle of Wight...

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Object Number - UPL 36561 - TSgt Frank C Pilato, Radio Operator on B17 42-31149 388th Bomb Group,which crashed into the English Channel, 20 miles of Isle of Wight...

Assigned to 560BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ludwigshafen 30-Dec-43 in B-17 42-31149 'My Day'; ditched in Channel 30-Dec-43, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3139



Awards: AM, PH.

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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

Phillip Junior Comella

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-678175
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-31149

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

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Ontario, NY 20 October 1920

Enlisted

Syracuse, NY 15 July 1942 Syracuse, New York

Died

English Channel Off Isle of Wight 30 December 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Ludwigshafen 30-Dec-43 in B-17 42-31149 'My Day'; ditched in Channel 30-Dec-43, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3139

Buried

Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK

Based

Knettishall 30 December 1943 Assigned to 560BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Information provided by user JimG Nephew on duplicate record

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ContributorAAM
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ABMC; MACR 3139 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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