Alfred Joseph Antonacci

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 327BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. Blair Belongia crew. Ditched in Channel 5-Sep-43, on return from mission to Stuttgart due to fuel shortage in B-17 42-30668. All crew rescued by ASR.



Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt 4-Oct-43 in B-17 42-30668; enemy aircraft KO’d #2, and wing on fire, crashed Gerolstein, Germany Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 745



Awards: AM, PH (OLC).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 92nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16022483 / O-442762
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Rebecca
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

New Jersey 5 September 1923 Son of Alfred Antonacci Sr.

Enlisted

Newark, NJ 22 October 1942 Newark, New Jersey

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

Gerolstein, Germany 4 October 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt 4-Oct-43 in B-17 42-30668; enemy aircraft KO’d #2, and wing on fire, crashed Gerolstein, Germany KIA MACR 745

Buried

Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial Tablets of the Missing Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial Hamm, Luxembourg

Based

Podington 4 October 1943 Assigned to 327BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucyd
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Sources

Combined two entries into a single entry. Record includes information from the following sources:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor; MACR 745, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Biship & Hey pp. 268, 302
https://www.abmc.gov/search-abmc-burials-and-memorializations/detail/WW…
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Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 745 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database