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RAVASIO, Michael Angelo Jr - Date of
birth
31 July 1920 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
Gloversville, Fulton County, New York -
Hometown
Gloversville, Fulton County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
32489559 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Tail Gunner -
Unit
368th Bombardment Squadron,
306th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
3 November 1943 - Place of
death
North Sea, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Michael A. Ravasio Jr. (father)
Mabelle Ravasio (mother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-3533 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the U-boat yards
MACR: 1159
More information
S/Sgt Michael A. Ravasio Jr. attended Gloversville High Schooland worked at the General Electric Company.He enlisted in Utica, New York on 22 August 1942.
The airplane collided in mid-air with B-17 #42-30776. All crew members of both planes, twenty men in total were killed.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com, 1930 Census
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Samantha Hall-Saladino, Fulton County Historical Society & Museum