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TOSI, Julian - Date of
birth
2 November 1924 -
Age
19 - Place of
birth
Siskiyou County, California -
Hometown
Siskiyou County, California
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
39414390 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
Ball Turret Gunner -
Unit
856th Bombardment Squadron,
492nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
20 June 1944 - Place of
death
Baltic Sea
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Fioravanti J. Tosi (father)
Elena A. (Leporini) Tosi (mother)
Louis O. Tosi (brother)
Donte A. Tosi (brother)
Sandra J. Tosi (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
44-40143 -
Data
Type: B-24J
Nickname: Mary Ellen
Destination: Politz Oil Refinery, Germany
Mission: Bombing
MACR: 7078
More information
Sgt Julian Tosi attended four years of school at Weed High School as part of the Siskiyou Joint Union High School District as a part of the 1942 Class.The airplane was leading the high right element in the low left squadron. While approaching the target over the Baltic Sea, the Group was attacked by rocket firing ME-410´s and JU-88s. None of the 10 man crew survived.
Terry Diggs, the co-pilot on Faucher's crew, recalled...
"The first indication that we were under attack was a huge ball of fire where the airplane of Pilot Curtis had been. He apparently took a direct hit in the gas tanks. I don't believe anyone could have possibly survived."
Both pictures were taken in high school. the first in 1939, the second in 1942.
Source of information: Michel Beckers, Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, MACR , 492ndbombgroup.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com 1940 census / Family Trees
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Ancestry.com - Siskiyou Union High School District 1939 and 1942 yearbook