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name
DELNERO, Carmeno J - Date of
birth
1922 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts -
Hometown
Hampden County, Massachusetts
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-767148 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
334th Fighter Squadron,
4th Fighter Group
-
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
21 November 1944 - Place of
death
Wenigenlupnitz, near Eisenach, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 32 | 12 |
Immediate family
-
Members
August Delnero (father)
Adeline Delnero (mother)
August Delnero (brother)
Nicholas Delnero (brother)
Michael Delnero (brother)
William Delnero (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
44-14119 -
Data
Type: P-51D
Nickname: Sizzlin' Liz
Destination: Merseburg, Germany
Mission: Bomber Escort
MACR: 10537
More information
1st Lt Donald M. Malmsten states in the Missing Aircrew Report:"I was Cobweb Red Leader, and when my number three man dropped out, Lt Delnero (Carmeno J.) filled in as Red three. We were strafing locomotives approximately west of Chemnitz. We just pulled up from strafing two locomotives when Lt Delnero called in an ME-109 at seven o'clock to us. It was raining and snowing, and as we turned into the seven o'clock position we saw one aircraft firing on the other and getting strikes, but due to the rain and snow, we couldn't identify one from the other. The aircraft being hit blew up in the air and crashed from about 500 feet, completely demolishing the aircraft. We circled the crash calling Lt. Delnero, but was never able to get him. We then started home after another 360-degree orbit of the crash. The action took place almost directly over Meerane, west of Chemnitz, at about 1300, 21 November 1944."
His biography can be downloaded at the www.4thfightergroupassociation.org link below.
Source of information: Michel Beckers, National WWII Memorial, Footnote, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: Jac Engels, www.4thfightergroupassociation.org