World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Patsy F. Grandolfo
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Mahoning County, Ohio
Honored By
A Grateful American
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS, WAIST GUNNER, B-24 LIBERATOR, 321ST SQUADRON (BOMBS AWAY), 90TH BOMB GROUP 'JOLLY ROGERS', 5TH AIR FORCE, SERVING IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. MEMBER OF JAMES MCMURRIA CREW. AFTER NEARLY CRASHING ON TAKE OFF, THE MISSION WAS TO PATROL THE MADANG-WEWAK-MANUS-VITAZ STRAIGHT AREA. THREE TRANSPORTS WERE SEEN IN THE HARBOR WITH TWENTY-TWO ZEROS AT WEWAK AIRFIELD. THREE OF THEM WERE TAKING OFF. HIS PLANE WAS ATTACKED BY ENEMY PLANES AND DUE TO HEAVY DAMAGE, IT HAD TO BE DITCHED. HE WAS KILLED DURING THE CRASH JANUARY 20, 1943. MISSING AIR CREW REPORT 15066.