Angelo Phillips Petix

Military

Angelo Petix was Left Waist gunner on B-17F #42-3029 "Wallaroo", shot down by Flak on mission to V-weapons site at Le Meillard, France on 14 January 1944. Prisoner of War (POW).

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18190215
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34393652
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18014955 at enlistment, then O-421102
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot; Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11021371
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Photographer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18013320 at enlistment, then O-676182
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Event Location Date Description

Born

California, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States 11 August 1917

Enlisted

15 August 1942 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Other

Prisoner Of War (POW)

14 January 1944 Interned Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow/Tychow, Poland. NARA WWII POW database : " Returned to military control (RMC) "

Died

21 May 2010 Newark, New Jersey

Born

Charleroi, Washington County, Pennsylvania

Buried/ Commemorated

Angelo Petix rests at Arlington

Revisions

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Added some punctuation to the A/C “Description” to aid readability.

 

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Added an association to Stalag Luft 4 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Card
NARA WWII POW records
Veterans Affairs BIRLS death File

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MACR # 1965

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1965 / MACR 1965, 8th AF Losses / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database