Rocco Raymond LePore

Military
media-52021.jpeg UPL 52021 1st Lt Rocco LePore, 364FS, 357FG

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 52021 - 1st Lt Rocco LePore, 364FS, 357FG

Assigned to 364FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) ramrod to Ruhland in P-51 44-14555 'Pretty Pat'; hit by flak, crashed near Gueterglueck on 2-Mar-45 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 12871



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

A P-51 Mustang (serial number: 44-11224) nicknamed "Pretty Pat" of the 357th Fighter Group, suffers a mishap on takeoff as a result of an icy runway at Leiston. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Pretty Pat shuddered off runway ice pilot fatigue Lt Roco Lepole [sic] 10 Jan '45 '

44-11224

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Pretty Pat
  • Unit: 357th Fighter Group 364th Fighter Squadron

44-14555

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Pretty Pat
  • Unit: 357th Fighter Group 364th Fighter Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
Aerial photograph of Leiston airfield looking south, the control tower and technical site are to the right, 16 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/929. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Leiston

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham

Stalag VII-A

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bronx, NY 1 May 1924 Son of Matteo and Giovannia [Ghirardinelli] Lepore.

Enlisted

New York, NY 24 November 1942 New York City, New York

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Moosburg, Germany 2 March 1945 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag VIIa.

Other

Baled out POW

Gutergluck, Germany 2 March 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) ramrod to Ruhland in P-51 44-14555 'Pretty Pat'; hit by flak, crashed near Gueterglueck on 2-Mar-45 POW MACR 12871

Other

Discharged USAAF

17 October 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Bloomington, IN 5 March 2010

Buried

Valhalla Memory Gardens Bloomington, Monroe County, IN 8 March 2010 Valhalla Memory Gardens Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana

Based

Leiston 2 March 1945 Assigned to 364FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/28831656
https://www.fold3.com/record/83639859/rocco-r-lepore-wwii-army-enlistme…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49386586/r-raymond-lepore
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126314051/r-raymond-lepore

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12871

Rocco Raymond LePore: Gallery (3 items)

Ground crew, including Sergeant Dick Spicer, of the 357th Fighter Group attend to a P-51 Mustang nicknamed "Pretty Pat" following a crash landing caused by slick runways, which made the pilot Lieutenant Rocco Lepore lose control of the aircraft. Image via Merle Olmsted. Handwritten caption on reverse: '10 Jan 1945.'

Object number: FRE 476 - Ground crew, including Sergeant Dick Spicer, of...

Object number: UPL 29923 - P-51D 44-11224 C5-C “Pretty Pat” Lt. Rocco R...

Object number: UPL 52021 - 1st Lt Rocco LePore, 364FS, 357FG