Phillip Junior Comella

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-53537.jpeg UPL 53537 1st Lt Phillip J Comella

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 53537 - 1st Lt Phillip J Comella

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. MACR 3139





Awards: AM, PH

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Frank Charles Pilato

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32378333
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Patsy Richard Sacco

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33303467
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Walter Lewis Steele

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33303739
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Frank Clifford Zagrovich

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15333144
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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Event Location Date Description

Born

St Joseph, MO 9 May 1919 Son of Phillip Comella.

Other

Killed in Action

English Channel off Isle of Wight 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. MACR 3139

Buried

Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs

Based

Knettishall 30 December 1943 Assigned to 560BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF.

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https://www.fold3.com/image/619753745
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56288690/phillip-j-comella

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ABMC; MACR 3139 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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https://www.fold3.com/image/37110587
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56288690/phillip-j-comella

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ContributorAAM
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MACR 3139 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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