Paul F Manno
Military
Back Row Left is believed to be Hugh Jack, Ball Turret Gunner
Back Row Second left is confirmed as Pilot Floyd Chesmore
Back Row Centre is confirmed as Co-Pilot Leroy Teachey
Back Row Right is confirmed as Paul Manno
Picture Courtesy of Josephine Manno. Daughter of Paul
Object Number - UPL 41808 - The Chelmore Crew. Unfortunately not all identified Back Row Left is believed to be Hugh Jack, Ball Turret Gunner Back Row Second left is...
Shot down by flak and crashed along the Scheldt River on the return from a mission to Frankfurt am Main, Germany on 2 March 1944 in B-17G #42-39960. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
![B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 92nd Bomb Group fly in formation over countryside. The aircraft, from left to right, are B-17G (NV-P, serial number 44-8354), B-17G (NV-U, serial number 42-97288) nicknamed "Flag Ship" and an unknown B-17G (NV-E) from the 325th Bomb Squadron. Image stamped on reverse: 'The R.L. Cavanagh Photo Collection' [stamp]. Handwritten caption on reverse: '48354, Little Runt. PFF.' [Caption refers to another B-17 nicknamed"Little Runt" either B-17G (NV-P, serial number 42-97515) or B-17](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379200.jpg.webp?itok=MbsLLiLg)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34386317
- Highest Rank: Private
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34036003
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19071564 at enlistment, then O-741881
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-679193
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-688636
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 2 March 1944
Places
![A bomber crew of the 92nd Bomb Group return to Podington following a mission flying B-17 Flying Fortresses to Wittenberg. A B-17 Flying Fortress (NV-K, serial number 42-29994) is visible in the background. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for Publication 23 Feb 1945' [stamp]. ' News Chronicle Copyright Picture' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'Crew back from Wittenberg.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379172.jpg.webp?itok=G7D0FciD)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
New York State | 30 May 1921 | |
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Enlisted |
8 August 1942 | Ft. Jay, Governors Island, New York | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
2 March 1944 | captured in Belgium; interned at Stalag Luft 4 in Gross Tychow/Tychowo. NARA WWII POW record : "Returned to Military Control on 20 July 1945." | |
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Died |
21 August 1989 | ||
| Kings County, New York | |||
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Buried |
Paul Manno rests at the Calverton National Cemetery in Calverton, New York |
Revisions
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
VA Gravesite Locator
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2856 / MACR 2856, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database