Pasquale R Spina

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-23402.jpeg UPL 23402 This picture was taken of Pasquale Spina, my uncle Pat, in 1942. I was born in 1947 and was not fortunate enough to know Uncle Pat but his picture was in the homes of each of his eight sisters -- we grew up seeing this picture each day. R.I.P.

Object Number - UPL 23402 - This picture was taken of Pasquale Spina, my uncle Pat, in 1942. I was born in 1947 and was not fortunate enough to know Uncle Pat but his picture...

Killed in Action (KIA) 31 July 1944 Shot down by flak and crashed at Schleissheim in B-17 Devil's Luck #4232030



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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-756179
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Devil's Luck
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron

Missions

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Hartford, CT, USA 29 October 1942

Died

Schleissheim , Oberschleißheim, Germany 31 July 1944 KIA when his aircraft took a direct flak hit and exploded

Born

Stamford, CT, USA

Buried

Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial • Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France Plot F Row 16 Grave 31
Fairfield County, CT, USA

Revisions

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Contributordogofwar1
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Exhumed from gravesite near Munich; interred as an unknown in St Avold; subsequently identified (by dental records) and re- interred as "Pasquale Spina."

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ContributorUncle Pat
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Pat was never a prisioner of war. He was KIA.

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ContributorUncle Pat
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Pasquale Spina was my Uncle.

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ContributorAAM
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ABMC/MACR 7744 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7744 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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