Rank and Name, Sergeant Ralph Theodore Amendola Jr.
Unit/Placed in, 410th Bomber Squadron, 94th Bomber Group (Heavy).
Ralph is born approx. on 1922 in New York.
Father, ……Amendola.
Mother, Antionette (Covino) Amendola.
Ralph enlisted the service in New York with service number # 1208763.
Ralph ‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-17 were,
2nd Lt. Merrill D. Vaughan Pilot
2nd Lt. Robert F. Bogner Co Pilot
2nd Lt. Gordon M. Allen Navigator
2nd Lt. Frank M. Howard Bombardier
S/Sgt. Robert J. Roberts Radio Operator
Sgt. Thomas D. Roberts Ball Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. Raymond H. Johnston Top Turret Gunner
Sgt. Jess L. Ronaldo Tail Gunner
Sgt. Ralph T. Amendola Right Waist Gunner
Sgt. Harold F. Manley Left Waist Gunner
Ralph was KIA/MIA when during the Operational mission the plane was shot (in fire) by AA, and crashed over the Baltic Sea at Grummark near Kappeln, Danmark on April 11, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Air Medal, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Ralph is buried/mentioned at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/USAAF/94th_Bombardment_Group.html
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L5N3-86Y
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/
Philppine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Grunmmark/angeln near kappeln
Baltic sea near flensburg
