Frederick Behrens Capalbo
MilitaryAssigned to 767BS, 561BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Blechammer mission in B-24 42-51319 'Welcome Wagon'; A/C mauled by fighters, baled out. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 10651
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 767th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11104456
- Highest Rank: Corporal (RAF)
- Role/Job: Nose gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 767th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36759120
- Highest Rank: Corporal (RAF)
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Welcome Wagon
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 767th 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 I, Barth, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cerignola #3
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Greenwich, Fairfield, CT | 11 March 1923 | Son of Frank L Capalbo. |
Enlisted |
Hartford, CT | 22 February 1943 | Hartford, Connecticut |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 17 December 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
Other Baled out POW |
Prague, Czech | 17 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Blechammer mission in B-24 42-51319 'Welcome Wagon'; A/C mauled by fighters, baled out. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 10651 |
Died |
Ann Arbor, MI | 23 January 1994 | |
Buried |
Arborcrest Memorial Park and Chapel Mausoleum, Ann Arbor, MI | 25 January 1994 | Arborcrest Memorial Park and Chapel Mausoleum Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, MI |
Based |
Torretta | 17 December 1944 | Assigned to 767BS, 561BG, 15AF USAAF. |
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