George Cosentino
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December 16, 1943 B-17 # 42-29733 'Louisiana Purchase' Crash landed at RAF Coltishall on return from mission to Bremen. 10 RTD.
B-17G #42-32007 crashed N of Charleroi, Belgium after the crew baled out on a mission to Berlin on 4 Mar 1944. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Louisiana Purchase
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 533rd Bomb Squadron 381st Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 4 March 1944 | |
Born |
New York State |
Revisions
Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I, p. 418, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I, p. 423 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2740 / MACR 2740, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database