Lancia Guido Jerome

Name:

Guido Jerome Lancia

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-712108

Unit:

885th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) (Special)

Date of Death:

1944-09-12

State:

New York

Cemetery:

Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky

Plot:

Section E

Row:

Grave:

Site 60-61

Decoration:

Air Medal and Purple Heart

Comments:

Guido Jerome Lancia was born on November 21, 1921, in Providence, Rhode Island. He resided in Westchester County, New York prior to the war.

Guido enlisted in the Army Air Corps on October 5, 1942, in New York City, New York. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the production of miscellaneous food products and also as a Widower with dependents.

At the time of his death, Guido was serving in the 885th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) (Special) as a Second Lieutenant and Observer on the B-24G #42-78243 "Dallas Lady." On September 12, 1944, his crew took off at 8:08 PM from Maison-Blanche (Algeria) on a mission to drop containers and packs to the underground of Allessandria's sector (northeast of Piemont, north Italy). Around 23:00, due to bad weather and a navigation error, their aircraft hit the mountain wall and crashed at the peak of Corne de Bouc mountains in Fontan, France. All men aboard were killed in the crash.

Their bodies were initially buried in Fontan town cemetery, then moved to a temporary cemetery in Luynes and finally in the Zachary Taylor National Cemetery in Kentucky, USA.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, francecrashes39-45.net