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Personal info

Full name
CONIGLIO, John
Date of birth
15 April 1916
Age
27
Place of birth
Valdez, Las Animas County, Colorado
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O-673481
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Navigator
Unit
527th Bombardment Squadron,
379th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 July 1943
Place of death
Vries, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 11 6

Immediate family

Members
Nunzio Coniglio (father)
Nicolina (Castelli) Coniglio (mother)
Emilio Coniglio (brother)
Nicolina Coniglio (sister)
Sam Coniglio (brother)
Mary Coniglio (sister)
August Coniglio (brother)
James Coniglio (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-29796
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Kassel, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Fieseler works aircraft factory
MACR: 1761

More information

2nd Lt Coniglio attended Northwestern University. He was employed for seven years by the Electro-Motive plant.

He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Chicago, Illinois on 3 April 1942 and graduated as an aerial navigator on 18 February 1943 in Honda, Texas where he also received his commission as second lieutenant.

The plane was damaged by flak and fighters.

He was initially buried with military honors at the cemetery of Vries on 31 August 1943.

Seven crew members were killed, three evaded capture.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree, www.myheritage.nl - Brookfield Suburban Magnet, WWII Draft Registration Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.myheritage.nl - Brookfield Suburban Magnet, Chicago Tribune - 25 November 1943