John Robert Pedevillano

Military

John R. Pedevillano served as a bombardier with the 306th Bomb Group. He was shot down on his sixth mission on 24 April 1944. He was flying in B-17 (serial number 42-31768 and nicknamed 'Miss Carriage'), which crashed, and he was taken as a Prisoner of War (POW).



On 7 July 2015, John Pedevillano was presented with the Presidential Unit Citation with one oak leaf cluster by Senator John McCain and Air Force Vice Chief of Staff General Larry O. Spencer in Washington, D.C. at a special ceremony.

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-31768

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss Carriage
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group

Missions

315

  • Date: 24 April 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

24 April 1944

Based

Thurleigh 24 April 1944

Other

Lives in

College Park, MD, USA

Revisions

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ContributorLucy May
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Sources

See US Air Force article: http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/Article/607713/wwii-vet…

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Contributorbombercommand
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ContributorLucy May
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Sources

Combined two entries for John Pedevillano. This entry now includes information from the following source:
MACR 4285 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Maryland Gazette article: http://www.gazette.net/article/20150526/NEWS/150529464/1007&source=RSS&…

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4283