Waist gunner aboard B-17G Flying Fortress #42-107028. Shot down by enemy fighter and crashed near Beucha, west of Wolfsheim, eight miles east of Leipzig, Germany. Seven crew members were killed and three survived and were taken as prisoners. Missing Air Crew Report 5340.
KIA were:
2nd Lt. James A McCamy, O-757893, AL, Bombardier
2nd Lt. Jackson Palmer Jr, O-703788, NY, Navigator
2nd Lt. Ervin J Pfahler, O-695081, OH, Co-Pilot
S/Sgt. Milton C Hendrickson, 6999785, PA, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
Sgt. Acel E Livingston, 39835517, UT, Waist Gunner
Sgt. Manuel S Vasquez, 39693071, CA, Ball Turret Gunner
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Albert was a resident of Omaha, NE. Husband of Evelyn Anne Carroccia and Son of Ralph Carroccia.
Waist gunner aboard B-17G Flying Fortress #42-107028. Shot down by enemy fighter and crashed near Beucha, west of Wolfsheim, eight miles east of Leipzig, Germany. Seven crew members were killed and three survived and were taken as prisoners. Missing Air Crew Report 5340.
KIA were:
2nd Lt. James A McCamy, O-757893, AL, Bombardier
2nd Lt. Jackson Palmer Jr, O-703788, NY, Navigator
2nd Lt. Ervin J Pfahler, O-695081, OH, Co-Pilot
S/Sgt. Milton C Hendrickson, 6999785, PA, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
Sgt. Acel E Livingston, 39835517, UT, Waist Gunner
Sgt. Manuel S Vasquez, 39693071, CA, Ball Turret Gunner
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Albert was a resident of Omaha, NE. Husband of Evelyn Anne Carroccia and Son of Ralph Carroccia.
Inscription
SGT, 358 AAF BOMB SQ WORLD WAR II
Gravesite Details
Burial December 17, 1948.
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