Carmine Gerard DiManno

Military

Shot down 29-Apr-44 in B-24 41-28754 'Tell Me More. ' Prisoner of War (POW).





Awards: AM (OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O 664597
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Tell Me More
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Unionville, CT 7 July 1923 Son of Mary DiManno.

Enlisted

Hartford, CT, USA 29 December 1942 Hartford, Connecticut

Other

Shot down/Crash Landed/Captured

Apeldoorn, Netherlands 29 April 1944 Shot down 29-Apr-44 in B-24 41-28754 'Tell Me More'. POW.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 29 April 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Died

1 May 1977

Buried

East Cemetery Manchester, Hartford County, CT 5 May 1977 East Cemetery Manchester, Hartford County, Connecticut

Revisions

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 4447 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4447