Serviceman
Alfred A Perrotta
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- Army serial number
- 32740655
- Rank
- Sgt (28 July 1944), Sgt (4 August 1944), SSGT (14 September 1944)
- Hometown
- Mechanicville NY
- Also written
- Alfred Perrotta
- In the book
- Heroes of the 483rd, p. 88, 263
- Sources
- 483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Crews
- Warren O. Griffin Crew, RW · 815th
- Paul E. Webb Crew · 815th
Missions placed on him
- mission 59, 30 July 1944 · Budapest, Tököl · Listed with the Paul E. Webb crew, which flew it per its history (p. 263); whether he was aboard that day is not recorded
- mission 133, 7 December 1944 · Salzburg · Listed with the Paul E. Webb crew, which flew it per its history (p. 263); whether he was aboard that day is not recorded
A report lists him aboard, or his crew's history in Heroes of the 483rd dates the mission; the book is cited by page and not reproduced. The rest of his squadron's missions in his window are not placed on him by any document.
Awards
| Date | Award | General order | Rank then |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 1944 | Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster | 3391 | SSGT |
From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.
Morning reports
2 entries, first 28 July 1944, last 4 August 1944; grades seen: Sgt. The clerk's sentence is quoted as the machine read it from microfilm: "fr dy to DS" is from duty to detached service, "sk in hosp" sick in hospital, "asgd & jd" assigned and joined.
- 1944-07-28 815th: Robertson, R.J. (911) Cpl
- 1944-08-04 815th: 11082182 Krause (945) Cpl
National Archives pages: roll 481431546 p. 189, roll 566192358 p. 2180
Death notice
Listed in the Association's TAPS column, newsletter 201703, page 2: 2-8-17, reported by Guy Venier.
Photographs naming him
- Newsletter 201703, page 2 photograph · view at 15thaf.org
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Statements, mentions and histories
ON" 815 2-08-17 IONE SWEERS HARPER, CLAIR E 840 2-25-17 GUY VENIER (OBIT) SMITH, GERALD W 817 2/28/16 GUY VENIER (OBIT) PERROTTA, ALFRED A 815 2-8-17 GUY VENIER (OBIT) PINKSTON, GLEN R 816 1-19-17 GUY VENIER (OBIT) SOLOW, ROBERT I 815 2-6-17 GUY VENIER (OBIT) SWERER, GEORGE H 840 1/18/17 WILLIAM
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