John F Curcio
Military
Gabriel's Crew:
(Standing Left to right)
Sgt. Fountain Beale - Right Waist Gunner;
Sgt. Melvin Johnston - Left Waist Gunner;
S/Sgt. William Sweigel - Radio Operator;
S/Sgt Wayne Walker - Flight Engineer
Sgt. John Curcio - Tail Turret;
Sgt. John Barbour - Ball Turret.
(Kneeling left to right):
Flight Officer Anthony Gianforti - Co-Pilot;
Captin Gene F. Gabriel - Pilot;
1st. Lt. John Stern - Bombardier;
1st. Lt. Robert Gordon - Navigator.
Crew completed 35 Comabt missions July 1944 to Feb 1945.
Associations c/o John F. Curcio, via American Air Museum Memory Book Correspondence.
Object Number - UPL 13495 - Crew of 42-95050, "Gas House Mouse", 458th Bomb Group, 752nd Bomb Squadron. Horsham St. Faith Airfield, 8th USAAF. Gabriel's Crew: (Standing...
Flew 35 missions-many harrowing times. Most every mission our aircraft (B-24's) was hit by flak causing holes and damage but luckily no one was injured and we got back home safe. I flew in the tail position 29 times and 6 in the nose turret. I consider myself very fortunate and many miracles were bestowed on me!
Air Medal w 4/Oak Leaf Cluster; ETO medal w/ 5 battle stars/Good Conduct
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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
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Brooklyn, New York | 23 May 1925 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / wife, Anna & Page 242 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998, D790.A2S4
