Philip Scriffignano was born in 1921 in New Jersey. He resided in Essex County, New Jersey prior to the war. He enlisted in the Army on July 21, 1942 in Newark, New Jersey. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Shipping and receiving clerk and also as Single, without dependents. Philip served as a Staff Sergeant and Left Waist Gunner on B-17G #42-107076, 563rd Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group (Heavy), U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

B-17G #42-107076 took off from RAF Knettishall with a target of the Focke-Wulf Aircraft factory at Poznan, Poland. While on this mission they were hit by enemy flak and severely damaged. Philip was declared "Missing In Action" when his B-17 crashed, due to the damage, into the Baltic Sea seven miles Southeast of Nykobing, near Boto, Denmark during the war. His name is commemorated on the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom. He was one of the many brave Americans of the 388th Bomber Group who lost their lives in aerial operations against the German forces from June 1943 - August 1945.

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