Name:
William Alphonsus Petruzzi
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-663407
Unit:
41st Bomber Squadron, 94th Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1943-05-29
State:
Ohio
Cemetery:
New Lexington Cemetery, Perry County, Ohio
Plot:
13
Row:
10
Grave:
Decoration:
Comments:
Navigator of the B-17 “Hell’s Below” that took off from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK on 29 May 1943 to bomb Rennes, France. The plane was shot down at 1634 by flak and German fighters. LT Petruzzi was killed in the crash. He was from Elyria, Ohio.