Patsy Richard Sacco
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Assigned to 560BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ludwigshafen 30-Dec-43 in B-17 42-31149 'My Day'; ditched in Channel 30-Dec-43, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3139
Awards: AM, PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-678175
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Pittsburgh, PA | 27 October 1921 | Son of Daniel Sacco. |
Enlisted |
Pittsburgh, PA | 12 September 1942 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Died |
English Channel Off Isle of Wights | 30 December 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Ludwigshafen 30-Dec-43 in B-17 42-31149 'My Day'; ditched in Channel 30-Dec-43, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3139 |
Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK. | ||
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Knettishall | 30 December 1943 | Assigned to 560BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56294018/patsy-r-sacco
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
ABMC; MACR 3139 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3139 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database