Cleo Cecil Terrio
Military ROLL OF HONOURCleo Terrio completed 10 missions over occupied Europe with the 387th Bomb Group. On 26 June 1943 he was involved in a crash landing in Essex in B-26 Marauder #41-31680 due to pilot error and suffered minor injuries. On 24 October 1943, Terrio was involved in another crash landing, this time in B-26 Marauder #41-31641 at Gosfield, Essex and was killed in the accident. On 21 September 1944, Terrio's father Frank H Terrio, was awarded the Air Medal on behalf of his son at a ceremony at Post Headquarters, Madison.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20836581 at enlistment, then O-xxxxxx
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11041464
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Sheezabeech II / The Payoff
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Willingale
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
29 August 1915 | ||
Enlisted |
28 June 1941 | ||
Other Killed on Mission |
24 October 1943 | ||
Buried |
Cleo Terrio rests at Plot C, Row 6, Grave 41 | ||
Born |
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Other Commissioned |
Revisions
Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.
https://387bg.com/Aircraft/B-26%20Sheezabeech.htm
NARA WWII Enlistment records
Obituary and Newspaper artcile from Abbotsford Tribune, on Clark County, Wisconsin History website.
"Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Bishop & Hey;
https://387bg.com/556th%20Bombardment%20Squadron.htm.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey p. 167