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Personal info

Full name
CONTIOSO, Alfred A
Date of birth
3 November 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
West Virginia
Hometown
Monterey County, California

Military service

Service number
39038529
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Engineer
Unit
858th Bombardment Squadron,
492nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
19 May 1944
Place of death
Spannhagenstrasse
Hannover, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Alfredo Contioso (father)
Dolores S. Contioso (mother)
Ralph Contioso (brother)
Delores Contioso (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
44-40133
Data
Type: B-24J
Destination: Brunswick, Germany
Mission: Bombing
MACR: 5245

More information

A/C no. 133, piloted by Captain Lewis, was lead ship of our section. At 1250 around 50 e/a, ME-109´s and FW 190´s, attacked from 10 o´clock high. A/C 133 was hit and dropped out of the formation. They were in the vicinity of Hanover where it crashed at the Spannhagenstrasse. Alfred Contioso died before the aircraft blew up. 9 Corpses were found and were initially buried by the Germans at the local cemetery.

Sgt Contioso is memorialized at Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno, California.

Source of information: FOHF, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, 492ndBombGroup, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Henk Otterspeer