John G Spadone

Military
media-20310.jpeg UPL 20310 SSGT John Spadone
Flight Engineer
Walter Mangerich Crew
458th BG - 752nd BS

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Object Number - UPL 20310 - SSGT John Spadone Flight Engineer Walter Mangerich Crew 458th BG - 752nd BS

Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-24 #4128667 'Jayhawker. ' Crashed in Sweden. Interned.

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

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

People

Walter E Mangerich

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-747292
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-28667

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Jayhawker
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

21 April 1922

Died

Opa-locka, FL, USA 28 December 2010

Buried

Lake Worth, FL, USA 31 December 2010 South Florida National Cemetery Lake Worth Palm Beach County Florida, USA Plot: SECTION 39 SITE 2629

Other

Interned (INT)

Malmö, Sweden 9 April 1944

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3835 / MACR 3835 & Page 282 of the book LIBERATORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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