Veto A Iavecchia
MilitaryLt. Veto Iaveccia flew two missions on D-Day. Two weeks later, on June 20, 1944, immediately after dropping its bombs on a synthetic-oil refinery in Politz Germany, the B-24J, Mistah Chick, was damaged by flak and began leaking fuel. Rather than landing in Germany and becoming POWs, the crew voted to risk an uncertain crossing of the Baltic Sea and try for neutral Sweden. With disabled hydraulics, they crash landed in a field near Halmstad, Sweden, with no fatalities or significant injuries.
After five months internment in Falun, Sweden, Veto was repatriated to the USA, November 19, 1944. He finished his final year of service in Texas, USA, joined by his wife and newborn daughter. After his discharge, they drove home to Philadelphia, PA, where Veto began his life long career as a master printer.
B-24J - Mistah Chick - 42-100146. INT-SWE. 20 Jun 44.
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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-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Mistah Chick
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | 3 August 1920 | |
Other Interned: Falun, Sweden |
20 June 1944 - 19 November 1944 | ||
Died Interned (INT) |
Philadelphia PA | 29 May 2013 - 20 June 1944 |
Revisions
Summary biography details sourced from son's memory of father's WW2 stories.
I, Alan Iavecchia, am the son of 2nd Lt. Veto Iavecchia (USAAF), bombardier of B24 "Mistah Chick".
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5924 / MACR 5924 & Page 304 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISION by Turner Publishing Co 1998 edition, D790.A2S45 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database