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CRUPI, Vincent Natalr - Date of
birth
12 April 1918 -
Age
25 - Place of
birth
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-688510 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Bombardier -
Unit
735th Bombardment Squadron,
453rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
8 April 1944 - Place of
death
Salzwedel, 10 miles east of Henningen, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| A | 11 | 5 |
Immediate family
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Members
Domenico Crupi (father)
Antoinette Crupi (mother)
Lytria Crupi (sister)
Eugene Crupi (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-64453 -
Data
Type: B-24H
Destination: Brunswick, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the MIAG aviation industry
MACR: 3922
More information
2nd Lt Vincent N. Crupi attended college and was a machinists apprentice.He enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 5 June 1942.
The airplane was attacked by enemy aircraft. The tail split off, close to the wing and the plane began to spin.
One crew member survived and was taken prisoner. The other nine crew members were killed and were initially buried at the cemetery of Henningen. After the war, when a grave registration unit tried to recover the remains at this cemetery, of those nine, the remains of two men were never found.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, WWIIMemorial, Archives, www.fold3.com - MACR, WWII Draft Card, Ancestry - 1930 Census
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Arie-Jan van Hees, Bombardier Class Book 43-11, San Angelo, Texas