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- Full
name
MANGANELLO, Joseph H - Date of
birth
7 May 1921 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
New Jersey -
Hometown
Orange, Essex County, New Jersey
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
32388154 -
Rank
Technical Sergeant -
Function
Bombardier -
Unit
729th Bombardment Squadron,
452nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
-
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
2 January 1945 - Place of
death
Bitburg, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| D | 6 | 16 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Carmine Manganello (father)
Marianne (Gubitosi) Manganello (mother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
43-38921 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Ehrang, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yards
MACR: 11225
More information
1st Lt Ross Raymond E. Childers attended high school for 4 years and worked in a plastic factory. He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 2 July 1942.About 1 minute before bombs away, the aircraft received a direct hit between #1 and #2 engines, bending back the outer wing panel which hit the rudder, sending the plane into a flat spin. In the spin on the way down, the plane broke apart. One crew reported seeing parachutes, alle the other crews reported no parachutes seen.
One crew member survived and was taken prisoner. The other eight crew members were killed.
He flew 20 missions.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.memorial.com, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees, www.fold3.com - MACR
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Soilsister