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Personal info

Full name
RANO, Carl Robert
Date of birth
23 December 1919
Age
23
Place of birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Worcester County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
O-801963
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Co-Pilot
Unit
413th Bombardment Squadron,
96th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
16 December 1943
Place of death
Off the northern tip of Texel Island, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Pietro Rano (father)
Serafino (Mastrapasqua) Rano (mother)
Giusseppini R. J. Rano (sister)
Isabella Rano (sister)
Vito J. Rano (brother)
John A. Rano (brother)
Flavio C. Rano (brother)
Robert Rano (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-3249
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Bremen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the port area
MACR: 1569

More information

2nd Lt. Carl R. Rano attended Massachusetts Agriculture College in Amherst with the class of 1943 after he transferred from the University of Alabama. He majored in Chemistry and belonged to the Newman Club, the Chemistry club and was a member of the Theta Chi fraternity.

He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States at Westover Field, Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts on 2 May 1942.

The airplane was lost as the result of enemy aircraft attacks and was last seen near the Dutch coast. It is assumed the airplane crashed into the sea, north of Texel. All crew members are still missing in action and are all remembered at the Walls of the Missing at Margraten.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Rano Family Tree, Massachusetts Agriculture College; Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Massachusetts Agriculture College yearbook, 1942