T/Sgt
Vincent FERRANICE
Assigned to the 100th Bombardment Group
Location:
Unit: 349th Bombardment Squadron
Rank:
Position: Radio Operator / Gunner
Additional 100th Service Notes
Status: IIC
CR: 99950
Comments: 12 MAY 45 NITE TRANSITION (CRASHED AT DISS)
Comments and Notes
Memo 1:
CREW
2ND LT WADE D. PRATT P IIC 12 MAY 45 CRASHED DISS - ATTLEBORO RD.
2ND LT HAROLD L. RINTOUL CP IIC 12 MAY 45 CRASHED DISS - ATTLEBORO RD.
2ND LT JOHN GROTTY NAV NOC
2ND LT WILLIAM G. WOODRUFF BOM NOC
CPL ERNEST T. DAMATO ROG NOC
CPL ANTHONY SZOTT TTE IIC 12 MAY 45 CRASHED DISS - ATTLEBORO RD.
CPL ROBERT G. GUIDI BTG IIC 12 MAY 45 CRASHED DISS - ATTLEBORO RD.
CPL HANSEL H. ADKINS WG NOC
CPL WILLIAM M. LUCAS TG NOC
418th Sqdn.. Crew joined 100th on 21 Jan 1945
On 12 may 45 Pratt, Rintoul, Szott, Guidi, S/Sgt VINCENT FERRANICE and 2nd Lt James T. Brand took off from Thorpe Abbotts in A/C #44-6790 on a night transition flight in the local area. Weather worsened, while the tower tried for 1 hour and twenty minutes before contacting the crew. When contact was established Pratt was advised to attempt a landing, the aircraft struck a tree and crashed about five miles W/NW of the base on the Diss - Attleboro Road.
Brand was KIC and all the others IIC. The aircraft was destroyed.
--Records from Norton AFB 17 May 85....James R. Brown, Historian.
KIA / MIA / EVA / INT Information:
Target:
Night Transition Flight
Aircraft:
(44-6790)
Date:
1945-05-12
Cause:
CRASH
Crew List
1st Crew List
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| Rank | Name | Pos | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lt | PRATT, Wade D. | P | REC |
| LT | RINTOUL, Harold L. | CP | REC |
| LT | CROTTY, John E. | NAV | FEH |
| Lt | WOODRUFF, William G. | BOM | FEH |
| T/SGT | SZOTT, Anthony | TTE | REC |
| T/SGT | DAMATO, Ernest T. | ROG | FEH |
| T/SGT | FERRANICE, Vincent | ROG | IIC |
| S/Sgt | GUIDI, Robert G. | BTG | IIC |
| S/SGT | LUCAS, William M. | WG | FEH |
| S/SGT | ADKINS, Hansel H. | TG | FEH |
