Michael Frank Devito

Military

Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. On return from mission to Oschersleben on 11-Jan-44, B-17 42-31090 'Nasty Habit' was instructed to land at RAF Matlask, Norfolk due to poor visibility at Deenethorpe. Upon landing on the grass strip, the a/c overshot the runway and crashed RTD.

Shot down by flak on a mission to Poix, France on 13-Mar-44 in B-17 42-31374 and crashed NW of Amiens, baled out. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3185



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Nasty Habit
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Brooklyn, New York, USA 25 April 1919

Enlisted

New York City, NY 8 January 1941 New York City, New York

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 13 March 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Died

New Hope, PA 28 December 2004

Buried

Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery Schuylerville, Saratoga County, NY Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery Schuylerville, Saratoga County, New York

Based

Deenethorpe 13 March 1944 Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

MACR 3185 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database