Entered the service from California.
Second Lieutenant Anthony D Pellegrini, California, Service Number: O2068457, flew as navigator on B-17s with the 856th Bomb Squadron, 492nd Bomb Group. Failed to return from a weather flight over the North Atlantic, on 17 Mar 1945, in B-17 44-8601. Believed to have ditched west of St. Eval, Cornwall, England, due to mechanical failure. Was previously awarded the Air Medal and posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.
Second Lieutenant Anthony D Pellegrini, California, Service Number: O2068457, flew as navigator on B-17s with the 856th Bomb Squadron, 492nd Bomb Group. Failed to return from a weather flight over the North Atlantic, on 17 Mar 1945, in B-17 44-8601. Believed to have ditched west of St. Eval, Cornwall, England, due to mechanical failure. Was previously awarded the Air Medal and posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.
Entered the service from California.
Second Lieutenant Anthony D Pellegrini, California, Service Number: O2068457, flew as navigator on B-17s with the 856th Bomb Squadron, 492nd Bomb Group. Failed to return from a weather flight over the North Atlantic, on 17 Mar 1945, in B-17 44-8601. Believed to have ditched west of St. Eval, Cornwall, England, due to mechanical failure. Was previously awarded the Air Medal and posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.
Second Lieutenant Anthony D Pellegrini, California, Service Number: O2068457, flew as navigator on B-17s with the 856th Bomb Squadron, 492nd Bomb Group. Failed to return from a weather flight over the North Atlantic, on 17 Mar 1945, in B-17 44-8601. Believed to have ditched west of St. Eval, Cornwall, England, due to mechanical failure. Was previously awarded the Air Medal and posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.
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