Philip T Cascio
Military(Back L-R)
1st Lt Lawrence G Dunnica (Pilot), 2nd Lt Orson E Pacey (CoPilot), 1st Lt Leonard E Thornton (Nav), 2nd Lt James H Montgomery (Bomb
(Front L-R)
T/Sgt Harry W Tucker (Eng), S/Sgt Philip T Cascio (Ball), T/Sgt Bertis W Holland (Radio), S/Sgt Robert L Dew (R Waist), S/Sgt Claude F Taylor (Tail).
SGT Philip T. Cascio was assigned as Ball Turret Gunner with the Lawrence G. Dunnica crew on B-17F 41-24541 "Spook", 303BG/358BS on 3-Sep-42 at Kellog Field, Battle Creek, Michigan. He arrived at Molesworth, UK with the aircraft on 25-Oct-42. He participated in 11 Operations - 4 Aborted (See Biography events)
16-Feb-43 Shot down in B-17F 41-24541 'Spook', 303BG/358BS while serving as Ball Turret Gunner. Aircraft was attacked by ME-109s when it descended to assist another aircraft. Went down in Channel off Brest Peninsula. The target was St. Nazaire. 4 crew members survived to become Prisoner of War (POW)s. Liberated from Stalag 17B. It is Cascio's remembrance in Might in Flight.
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- Date: 22 November 1942
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Washington, Mississippi | 1 April 1905 | |
Other Assigned to Aircraft |
Battle Creek, MI, USA | 3 September 1942 | Assigned as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24541 "Spook", 303BG/358BS at Kellog Field, Battle Creek, Michigan. |
Other Arrived at Station |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 24 October 1942 | Arrived with B-17F 41-24541 "Sool", 303BG/358BS at Molesworth, UK. |
Other Mission #1 SGT Philip T. Cascio w/B-17F 41-24541, 303BG/358BS |
Lorient, France | 22 November 1942 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24541 "Spook", 303BG/358BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France (RTB OK). |
Other Mission #2 SGT Philip T. Cascio w/B-17F 41-24541, 303BG/358BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 23 November 1942 | Served as Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24541 "Spook", 303BG/358BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France (RTB OK). |
Other Mission #3 SGT Philip T. Cascio w/B-17F 41-24541, 303BG/358BS |
Lille, France | 6 December 1942 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24541 "Spook", 303BG/358BS on a mission to bomb the carriage and wagon works at Lille, France (RTB OK) |
Other Mission #4 SGT Philip T. Cascio w/B-17F 41-24541, 303BG/358BS - Aborted |
Rouen, France | 12 December 1942 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24541 "Spook", 303BG/358BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Roeun, France, but mechanical failures forced the Pilot to abort the mission (RTB OK) |
Other Mission #5 SGT Philip T. Cascio w/B-17F 41-24541, 303BG/358BS |
Romilly-sur-Seine, France | 20 December 1942 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24541 "Spook", 303BG/358BS on a mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France (RTB OK) |
Other Mission #6 SGT Philip T. Cascio w/B-17F 41-24541, 303BG/358BS - Aborted |
Lorient, France | 30 December 1942 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24541 "Spook", 303BG/358BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens ay Lorient, France, but mechanical failures forced the Pilot to abort the mission (RTB OK) |
Other Mission #7 SGT Philip T. Cascio w/B-17F 41-24541, 303BG/358BS - Aborted |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 3 January 1943 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24541 "Spook", 303BG/358BS on a mission to bomb the torpedo storage areaa at St. Nazaire, France, but mechanical failures forced the Pilot to abort the mission (RTB OK) |
Other Mission #8 SGT Philip T. Cascio w/B-17F 41-24541, 303BG/358BS |
Lille, France | 13 January 1943 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24541 "Spook", 303BG/358BS on a mission to bomb the Fives Company Locomotive Works at Lille, France (RTB OK). |
Other Mission #9 SGT Philip T. Cascio w/B-17F 41-24541, 303BG/358BS |
Lorient, France | 23 January 1943 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24541 "Spook", 303BG/358BS on a mission to bomb the port area of Lorient, France (RTB OK). |
Other Mission #10 SGT Philip T. Cascio w/B-17F 41-24541, 303BG/358BS - Aborted |
Hamm, Germany | 14 February 1943 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24541 "Spook", 303BG/358BS on a mission to bomb the industrial areas of Hamm, Germany, but weather forced a recall of the entire despatch of 303BG (RTB OK). |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
English Channel | 16 February 1943 - 8 June 1945 | Held at Stalag 17B, Braunau-Gneikendorf (near Krems) , Austria. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 8-Jun-45. |
Other Mission #10 SGT Philip T. Cascio w/B-17F 41-24541, 303BG/358BS POW |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 16 February 1943 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24541 "Spook", 303BG/358BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. The aircraft was shot down by fighters but he manaaged to bale out and was cpatured as a Prisoner of War (POW). |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 18-Aug-2015. Added Mission #11 event per 303BG website Mission Report of 16-Feb-43, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/016.pdf
Lee Cunningham 18-Aug-2015. Added Mission #10 event per 303BG website Mission Report of 14-Feb-43, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/015.pdf
Lee Cunningham 18-Aug-2015. Added Mission #9 event per 303BG website Mission Report of 23-Jan-43, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/011.pdf
Lee Cunningham 18-Aug-2015. Added Mission #8 event per 303BG website Mission Report of 13-Jan-43, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/010.pdf
Lee Cunningham 18-Aug-2015. Added Mission #7 event per 303BG website Mission Report of 3-Jan-43, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/009.pdf
Lee Cunningham 18-Aug-2015. Added Mission #6 event per 303BG website Mission Report of 30-Dec-42, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/008.pdf
Lee Cunningham 18-Aug-2015. Added Mission #5 event per 303BG website Mission Report of 20-Dec-42, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/007.pdf
Lee Cunningham 18-Aug-2015. Added Mission #4 event per 303BG website Mission Report of 12-Dec-42, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/006.pdf
Lee Cunningham 18-Aug-2015. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website Mission Report of 6-Dec-42, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/005.pdf
Lee Cunningham 18-Aug-2015. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website Mission Report of 23-Nov-42, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/004.pdf
Lee Cunningham 18-Aug-2015. Added Mission # 1 event per 303BG website Mission Report of 22-Nov-42, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/003.pdf
Lee Cunningham 18-Aug-2015. Added Operation participation and Assigned to Aircraft and Arrival at Station events per 303BG website Lawrence G. Dunnica cew page, Gary Moncur, HIstorian: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-358-dunnica.html
Lee Cunningham 19-Feb-2015 . Confrimed SN per MACR 15476; Added POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII database; Made connections to Place and Mission and added decorations within existing website data; Added crew position and minor edits to Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15476 / MACR 15476, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey p. 77, NARA web site, Might in Flight Daily Diary of Hell's Angels by Harry Gobrect pp. 137-8,
href="http://303rdbg.com/rost-cd.html#C">http://303rdbg.com/rost-cd.html#C> / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database