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Personal info

Full name
ROSA, Guido Ambrose
Date of birth
31 March 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O-694721
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Navigator
Unit
562nd Bombardment Squadron,
388th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 April 1944
Place of death
Baltic Sea, north of Rostock, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 23 2

Immediate family

Members
Paul D. Rosa (father)
Angeline M. (Cenci) Rosa (mother)
Catherine S. Rosa (sister)
Paul D. Rosa Jr. (brother)
Carmine C. Rosa (brother)
John Rosa (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-32003
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Shoo Shoo Baby
Destination: Poznan, Polen
Mission: Bombing of the oil refinery
MACR: 3774

More information

2nd Lt Guido A. Rosa graduated from St. Joseph's School and worked for the Greyhound Bus Lines.

He joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 11 September 1942 as a private. He received his commission and the silver wings of a navigator at San Marcos, Texas in October 1943.

The plane was attacked by fighters just after bombs away, which shot off part of the vertical stabilizer. It stayed in the formation a few minutes, then dove down and crashed into the water.

One crew member survived and was taken prisoner, nine men were killed.

At the time of his death, his brother Paul Jr. would join the Navy a month later.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, 388th Bomb Group Historian, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree / Veteran Compensation Application File, www.newspapers.com - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Photo source:
www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - Pittsburgh Press - 16 May 1944, American Air Museum