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Personal info

Full name
CILLI, Nicholas G
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Sag Harbor, Suffolk County, New York
Hometown
Sag Harbor, Suffolk County, New York

Military service

Service number
O-742681
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Co-Pilot
Unit
720th Bombardment Squadron,
450th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Distinguished Flying Cross,
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 April 1944
Place of death
Sankt Lorenzen im Paltental, Austria

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 10 61

Immediate family

Members
Vitali Cilli (father)
Antoninia (Maggio) Cilli (mother)
William Cilli (brother)
Domnick Cilli (brother)
Rose Cilli (sister)
Jennie Cilli (sister)
Annie Cilli (sister)
John Cilli (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-73426
Data
Type: B-24J
Nickname: Miss Liberty
Destination: Steyr, Austria
Mission: Bombing of the ball bearing factory MACR: 3694

More information

1st Lt Nicholas G. Cilli attended high school for 4 years and worked on a farm before he volunteered for the Air Corps of the U.S. Army in New York City, New York on 18 December 1941.

Plane was hit by flak over target.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – William Cilli / Ange Cole, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Cole Family / 1930 Census, www.fold3.com, www.findagrave.com – John Dowdy, http://aircrewremembered.com/USAAFCombatOperations/Apr.44.html
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Brennen Cole, www.ancestry.com - Sue