Dominic Anthony Siani Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 49BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Blechhammer in B-17 44-6176 A/C flak hit #2 engine, crashed Mechnitz. Baled out and captured. Sprained ankle on landing. Prisoner of War (POW) 7-Aug-44. MACR 7470
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 49th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13091456 / O-819095
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 49th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Philadelphia, PA | 5 June 1922 | Son of Dominic Anthony Snr and Grace A Siani. |
Enlisted |
Philadelphia, PA | 17 August 1942 | |
Other Baled out POW |
Mechnitz, Poland | 7 August 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Blechhammer in B-17 44-6176 A/C flak hit #2 engine, crashed Mechnitz. Baled out and captured. Sprained ankle on landing. POW 7-Aug-44. MACR 7470 |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 7 August 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft |
Died |
Marlton, NJ | 28 May 2007 | |
Based |
Amendola | 7 August 1944 | Assigned to 49BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. |