Joseph James Nazzaro

Military
media-41733.jpeg UPL 41733 General NAZZARO (USAF)

USAF Archives

Object Number - UPL 41733 - General NAZZARO (USAF)

Led the 381st BG as Commander in WW II and was Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Air Forces and also Strategic Air Command until his retirement in 1971. USAF biography: https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/106057/general-…

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

A bomber crew of the 381st Bomb Group return to base after a mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31761) nicknamed "Rotherhithe's Revenge". Image stamped on reverse: 'Sunday Pictorial for Censor.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 10 Mar 1944.' [stamp] and '310673.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'BACK FROM BERLIN. Scenes this week at a Bomber station of the U.S. Air Force , somewhere in England. The crew of the Flying Fortress "Rotherhithe's Revenge", a British subscribed ship
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 445th Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron 535th Bomb Squadron 701st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16066723 / O-665306
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Assistant Operations Officer

Events

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Died

5 February 1990

Revisions

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USAF Archives, Maxwell AFB.

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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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