Anthony Dannucci Jr
Military
Back row from left, Tony Dannucci, Elvin "Irish" Walsh, Ross Repp, Robert Jackson and Earl Painter. Front row from left, Lt. Charles R. Phillips, Lt. Billy Ponder, Lt. George L. DeCote and Lt. Jerome Pope.
From Jim Painter. Son of (Marion) Earl Painter
Object Number - UPL 40548 - the crew of Charles R Phillips Back row from left, Tony Dannucci, Elvin "Irish" Walsh, Ross Repp, Robert Jackson and Earl Painter. Front row from...
31-Dec-43 returned from mission to Bordeaux in B-17 41-24484 "The Bad Egg". Because of the severe damage to the plane, as it touched down on the runway, it ploughed into the jeep. RTD. H. Evers crew
Crew abandoned B-17 42-97125 on 22-Mar-44 after battle damage on a mission to Berlin. A/C crashed West of Berlin. Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: AM (OLC), POW, EAME (1BS), WWII Victory.
Post war: Served in Korea as an infantry officer, killed in action, posthumously awarded the DSC.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Passaic, New Jersey | 26 March 1923 | Born Passaic, New Jersey |
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Enlisted |
New York City New York | 19 October 1942 | Enlisted New York City New York |
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Prisoner of war Prisoner of war (POW) |
Stalag Luft IV, Tychowo, Poland | 22 March 1944 - 1 May 1945 | Prisoner of war (POW) Stalag Luft IV |
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Died |
6 February 1951 | Died South Korea | |
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Buried |
Cypress Hills National Cemetery Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York | 1 March 1951 | Interred Cypress Hills National Cemetery Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York |
Revisions
Added "Possible DUPLICATE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.
Corrected the name by moving "Jr" from the middle name field to the suffix field.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3412, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces
