Emilio served as a Technical Sergeant & Engineer / Top Turret Gunner on B-24H #42-95098, 701st Bomber Squadron, 445th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Erie County, New York prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on October 22, 1942 in Buffalo, New York. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the building of aircraft and also as Single, without dependents.
B-24H #42-95098 took off, with a crew of 10, from Station 124 England on a bombing mission over Neufchâtel, France. Near the target they were hit in the bomb bay area by ground anti-aircraft fire which entirely disabled the B-24. They crashed southwest of Neufchâtel.
Emilio was "Killed In Action" in this crash during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 32553927
( Bio & Family Link by: Russ Pickett )
( Burial found by: Anne Cady )
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Airmen who perished on B-24H #42-95098:
Brotherton, Robert C. ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, MN
Montgomery, Shelley D. ~ S/Sgt, Nose Gunner, AZ
Prisinzano, Emilio T. ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, NY
Schellhas, William L. ~ 2nd Lt, Bomb/Navi, ~ MN
( Crew Repot by: Russ Pickett )
He resided in Erie County, New York prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on October 22, 1942 in Buffalo, New York. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the building of aircraft and also as Single, without dependents.
B-24H #42-95098 took off, with a crew of 10, from Station 124 England on a bombing mission over Neufchâtel, France. Near the target they were hit in the bomb bay area by ground anti-aircraft fire which entirely disabled the B-24. They crashed southwest of Neufchâtel.
Emilio was "Killed In Action" in this crash during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 32553927
( Bio & Family Link by: Russ Pickett )
( Burial found by: Anne Cady )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-24H #42-95098:
Brotherton, Robert C. ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, MN
Montgomery, Shelley D. ~ S/Sgt, Nose Gunner, AZ
Prisinzano, Emilio T. ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, NY
Schellhas, William L. ~ 2nd Lt, Bomb/Navi, ~ MN
( Crew Repot by: Russ Pickett )
Emilio served as a Technical Sergeant & Engineer / Top Turret Gunner on B-24H #42-95098, 701st Bomber Squadron, 445th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Erie County, New York prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on October 22, 1942 in Buffalo, New York. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the building of aircraft and also as Single, without dependents.
B-24H #42-95098 took off, with a crew of 10, from Station 124 England on a bombing mission over Neufchâtel, France. Near the target they were hit in the bomb bay area by ground anti-aircraft fire which entirely disabled the B-24. They crashed southwest of Neufchâtel.
Emilio was "Killed In Action" in this crash during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 32553927
( Bio & Family Link by: Russ Pickett )
( Burial found by: Anne Cady )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-24H #42-95098:
Brotherton, Robert C. ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, MN
Montgomery, Shelley D. ~ S/Sgt, Nose Gunner, AZ
Prisinzano, Emilio T. ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, NY
Schellhas, William L. ~ 2nd Lt, Bomb/Navi, ~ MN
( Crew Repot by: Russ Pickett )
He resided in Erie County, New York prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on October 22, 1942 in Buffalo, New York. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the building of aircraft and also as Single, without dependents.
B-24H #42-95098 took off, with a crew of 10, from Station 124 England on a bombing mission over Neufchâtel, France. Near the target they were hit in the bomb bay area by ground anti-aircraft fire which entirely disabled the B-24. They crashed southwest of Neufchâtel.
Emilio was "Killed In Action" in this crash during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 32553927
( Bio & Family Link by: Russ Pickett )
( Burial found by: Anne Cady )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-24H #42-95098:
Brotherton, Robert C. ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, MN
Montgomery, Shelley D. ~ S/Sgt, Nose Gunner, AZ
Prisinzano, Emilio T. ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, NY
Schellhas, William L. ~ 2nd Lt, Bomb/Navi, ~ MN
( Crew Repot by: Russ Pickett )
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