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CHIODO, Michael A - Date of
birth
18 June 1922 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Cuyahoga County, Ohio -
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35530766 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
Assistant Radio Operator -
Unit
578th Bombardment Squadron,
392nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
29 April 1944 - Place of
death
Near a farmhouse of Willy Gudehus
East Meitze, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten -
Walls of the Missing
* This soldier has been accounted for. A rosette has been placed next to his name.
Immediate family
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Members
Michele Angelo Chiodo (father)
Maria Francesca Chiodo (mother)
Lucy M. Chiodo (sister)
Russel Chiodo (brother)
Marie Chiodo (sister)
Arnold Chiodo (brother)
John Chiodo (brother)
Adolph Chiodo (brother)
Michelene Chiodo (sister)
Carol Chiodo (sister)
Frank Chiodo (brother)
Annello Chiodo (brother)
Rose Ann Chiodo (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-110105 -
Data
Type: B-24J
Destination: Berlin, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the city
MACR: 4446
More information
Sgt Michael A. Chiodo graduated from Collinwood High School and worked in a machine shop. He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 19 January 1943.The only returning crew eyewitness report stated briefly that this plane was seen peeling off after the enemy fighter attacks with the right elevator appearing to be badly shot up, and that no chutes were seen. There were no additional reports on the loss of this aircrew and ship in the MACR.
About an hour after the impact a bomb detonated in the wreckage sending debris far and wide through the little town.
In 2003, a German national located the crash site and discovered humain remains. U.S. military teams excavated the site in 2005 and 2007 and found additional remains and ID tags that matched the airmen. DNA analyses were also done. Due to the fact that it was impossible to identify each crew member separately, their remains were buried in a single casket at Arlington National Cemetery on 26 October 2011.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.B24.net, www.wwiimemorial, www.footnote.com, Frits Kruishaar, Mrs. Joyce M. Wittal (niece), Military.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Frits Kruishaar, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree