1776th Ordnance Supply & Maintenance Company | American Air Museum in Britain

Arriving at headquarters.

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Keeping in shape.

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Belfast Harbor - 1945

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Frank A Rossi in Belfast, IR 1945

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Bike made by Altman Taconnelli. Thorpe Abbots Base

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Keeping in shape - Bike race. Whoever lost this race got to be a tailgunner in a B-17. Frank A Rossi lost the race and ended up flying several combat missions as a tailgunner even though he was assigned to the 1776th Ordinance and Maintenance Unit.

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Frank A Rossi with his hometown friend, Bob Catone. They met in Piccadilly Circus.

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Frank A Rossi in his boxing stance. He always wanted to be a professional boxer.

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Frank A Rossi with Kane Wearham - Somewhere in England.

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Frank A Rossi with Teddy Stearn - 12/21/44 in Thorpe Abbotts.

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Structure

Part of

13th Combat Bomb Wing

Wing
Headquarters (100th Bomb Group)

Headquarters
https://100thbg.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38&Itemid=421

Encompassing

Not yet known

Previously was

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Became

Not yet known

Station	Location	Date
Based	Thorpe Abbotts

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Date	Contributor	Update
27 September 2014 18:42:57	AAM	AAM ingest
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)