Prosper F Pinto
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 6365
Prosper F. Pinto Crew
Lost on their first mission when they collided with another 466th BG in thick clouds during assembly for the 27 March 1944 mission.
Lost on their first mission when they collided with another 466th BG in thick clouds during assembly for the 27 March 1944 mission.
466th BG HIstorian
Crashed after takeoff on a mission to Biarritz airfield, FR on 27 Mar 1944 in B-24H #42-52562. Collided with another 466th plane in low visibility. Killed in Action (KIA).
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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: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14160794
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14074517
- Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
- Role/Job: Armorer / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17129099
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-759811
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38340583
- Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
- Role/Job: Armorer Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 27 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Hartford, CT, USA | 8 September 1941 | |
Died |
Northall Green, Dereham, Dereham, Norfolk NR20, UK | 27 March 1944 | |
Buried |
Bloomfield, CT, USA | Mount Saint Benedict Cemetery Bloomfield Hartford County Connecticut, USA | |
Born |
Hartford, CT, USA |
Revisions
ContributorBrad Sullivan
Changes
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Combat Chronology Supplement p. 243 Attlebridge Arsenal p. 206 by Wassom and Brassfield., Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia