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LICATO, Angelo Jo - Date of
birth
20 November 1912 -
Age
30 - Place of
birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York -
Hometown
Manhattan, New York County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
12039345 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Right Waist Gunner -
Unit
351st Bombardment Squadron,
100th Bombardment Group, Heavy
-
Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
-
Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
10 October 1943 - Place of
death
Vynen near Xanten, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Felice Licato (father)
Carmela (Blumi) Licato (mother)
Margaret (Qualey) Licato (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-30087 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Shackrat
Destination: Münster, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the railroad
MACR: 1026
More information
Angelo Licato attended Manuel Training High School and the University of Iowa and was an accountant.He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States on 26 December 1941 in New York City, New York. He trained at the Las Vegas, Nevada Army Gunnery School.
The plane was hit by flak and exploded.
Two crew members were taken prisoner, eight were killed. Except for Smith J. Young, they were initially buried in the special sector for British POW's of the cemetery of Münchengladbach on 16 October 1943. The body of S/Sgt Young was found in the water for the Waal River at Doornenburg on 11 October 1943. He was buried at the Doornenburg Cemetery in Bemmel, The Netherlands on 13 October 1943.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.100thbg.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Marriage Index, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.8thafhs.com, www.newspapers.com - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Photo source: Peter Schouteten