Eugene Fidelis Pettinelli
Military19 missions, 6 to Berlin. Shot down 18 April 1944 while copiloting B-17 #42-37902 'Sure Thing', becoming a Prisoner of War (POW).
AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-694638
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18187769
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37544827
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-741509
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37418829
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 18 April 1944
- Date: 12 April 1944
- Date: 11 April 1944
- Date: 10 April 1944
- Date: 8 April 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Flushing, New York, USA | 20 June 1924 | |
Enlisted |
New York City, New York, USA | 26 October 1942 | Enlisted with the serial number 12160178 |
Other Shot down |
Barnewitz, Germany | 18 April 1944 | Shot down over a mission to Oranienburg, Germany, while on B-17 42-37902, serving as the Co-Pilot. Would later become a POW. |
Other Prisoner Of War |
Stalag III, Sagan, Poland | 18 April 1944 | Served roughly 13 months as a POW at Stalag III. |
Died |
23 December 2014 | ||
Buried |
Saint John Cemetery, Middle Village, New York, USA | 23 December 2014 | |
Based |
Framlingham | Assigned to 568thBS, 390thBG, 8thAF. |
Revisions
ContributorCastleBren
Changes
Sources
Edited awards and events to better reflect his location as a POW.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4013 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self, MACR 4013