Staff Sergeant, B-17 Flying Fortress Ball Turret Gunner assigned to the 401st Bombardment Squadron, 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy) [deployed to RAF Bassingbourn, UK], 8th Air Force, U.S. Army Air Forces, European Theater of Operations, World War II. MACR 1155: 1Lt Rob Pitts' crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Wilhelmshafen in B-17F tail# 42-30805 (nicknamed "Bomb Boogie's Revenge"), shot down & crashed Gesellschaftshaus 3 Nov 1943. Killed in Action (KIA).
Ball Turret Gunner aboard B-17F Flying Fortress 42-30805, nicknamed
"Bomb Boogie's Revenge." Shot down by enemy fighters on a bombing mission over a naval base at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Seven crewmembers were Killed In Action and three survived and were taken as POWs. Missing Air Crew Report № 1155.
The Crewmembers KIA:
1LT Robert A Pitts, O2044671, TX, Pilot
1LT James P McAvoy, O-797351, NY, Navigator
TSGT John W Clifton, 18046170, CO, Flight Engineer-Top Turret Gunner
TSGT Irving E Narter, 36304385, IL, Bombardier
SSGT Edwin P Mason, 15105926, IN, Waist Gunner
SSGT John W Montgomery, 19099098, NY, Tail Gunner
SSGT Antone L Pacheco, 31165472, MA, Ball Turret Gunner
Staff Sergeant, B-17 Flying Fortress Ball Turret Gunner assigned to the 401st Bombardment Squadron, 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy) [deployed to RAF Bassingbourn, UK], 8th Air Force, U.S. Army Air Forces, European Theater of Operations, World War II. MACR 1155: 1Lt Rob Pitts' crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Wilhelmshafen in B-17F tail# 42-30805 (nicknamed "Bomb Boogie's Revenge"), shot down & crashed Gesellschaftshaus 3 Nov 1943. Killed in Action (KIA).
Ball Turret Gunner aboard B-17F Flying Fortress 42-30805, nicknamed
"Bomb Boogie's Revenge." Shot down by enemy fighters on a bombing mission over a naval base at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Seven crewmembers were Killed In Action and three survived and were taken as POWs. Missing Air Crew Report № 1155.
The Crewmembers KIA:
1LT Robert A Pitts, O2044671, TX, Pilot
1LT James P McAvoy, O-797351, NY, Navigator
TSGT John W Clifton, 18046170, CO, Flight Engineer-Top Turret Gunner
TSGT Irving E Narter, 36304385, IL, Bombardier
SSGT Edwin P Mason, 15105926, IN, Waist Gunner
SSGT John W Montgomery, 19099098, NY, Tail Gunner
SSGT Antone L Pacheco, 31165472, MA, Ball Turret Gunner
Inscription
MASSACHUSETTS
STAFF SGT 401 AAF BOMB SQ
WORLD WAR II
Gravesite Details
Repatriated veteran, buried March 29, 1949.
Family Members
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Veronica Pacheco Lima
1909–1976
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Leopoldina "Lee" Pacheco Salgado
1912–2000
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Palmira Pacheco Mello
1915–1994
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Tec5 Alexander C Pacheco
1916–1944
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Mary Agnes Pacheco Perreault
1921–1997
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Joseph M. Pacheco
1922–1991
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Hilda Catherine Pacheco Travers
1924–2001
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Alice Mary Pacheco Gonsalves
1925–2010
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James Richard Pacheco
1928–2019
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Gloria J Pacheco Westgate
1932–2008
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