Donald Bevilacqua

1924 - 1945  (20 years)

• Name	Donald Bevilacqua  [1]
  Born	15 Nov 1924	Erie, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Anecdote	Donald went to Notre Dame where he was a lineman on the football team. After a year there he left to join the Air Corps. He had to lose a lot of weight before he could join. In October of 1944 Donald was assigned to a B-24 bomber crew. On 17 October, they met at Westover Field, Massachusetts. Two days later moved to Chatham Field in Savannah, Georgia where they trained for two and a half months with 27 other crews. They left Chatham Field on 31 December for Italy. They joined the 767th Bomb Squadron at Torretta Field southeast of Cerignola, Italy. They flew many long-range missions from there bombing Austria and Germany. On the morning of 31 March, they left for a mission to bomb the Linz Benzol Plant in Austria with 16 other B-24s. When they were out over the Adriatic the weather started to deteriorate. The planes spread out to avoid collisions. For some reason, possibly prop wash, around 10:20 am Donald’s plane went into a dive. They disappeared into the clouds and were never heard from again. This was only a month before the last mission and the end of the war.
  Died	31 Mar 1945	a B-24 over the Adriatic
  Person ID	I2855	Our Family
  Last Modified	9 Nov 2016

  
  

  Father	Anthony Bevilacqua,   b. 20 Sep 1905, Patton, Pennsylvania, Italy ,   d. 17 Feb 1975, Erie, Pennsylvania  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Matilda R. Calabrese,   b. 8 Dec 1905,   d. Jan 1988, Erie, Pennsylvania  (Age 82 years)
  Married	Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1016	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 15 Nov 1924 - Erie, Pennsylvania  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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  [S378] First Hand Knoledge.