Samuel A Mezzacappa
MilitaryAssigned to 2BAD, 8AF USAAF. Customer of Freckleton snack bar, killed by crash of B-24J 42-50291 'Classy Chassis II'. Died non Battle (DNB)
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Other
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Classy Chassis II
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 490th Bomb Group Base Air Depot 2 832nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: BAD-2
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Staten Island, NY | 29 June 1925 | |
Died |
Freckleton, UK | 23 August 1944 | Customer of Freckleton snack bar, killed by crash of B-24J 42-50291 'Classy Chassis II'. Died non Battle (DNB) |
Buried |
25 August 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Camb, UK | |
Based |
Warton | 23 August 1944 | Assigned to 2BAD, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Long Island National Cemetery East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, NY | Re-Interred Long Island National Cemetery East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, NY |