Vincent Peperona

AFPPA-11-
INDIVIDUAL CASUALTY QUESTIONNAIRE
File # 11278
Name of crew member:
PEPERONA, Vincent
Rank:
s/Sgt.
Serial number:
14001703
Position: Crew (Bomber)
Asst. Eng.
Did he bail out? YES
Where? KARLSTADT, YUGOSLAVIA
If not, why not?
Last to or at time of loss of plane WE TRAVELED
contact or conversation just prior
TOGETHER To PRISON CAMP AND HE WAS IN My COMPOUND
Was he injured? YES, A SPRANE ANKLE.
Where was he when last seen? ON THE BLACK HUNGARY MARCH
Any hearsay information: HE WAS LIBERATED THE SAME
TIME I WAS.
Source:
Any explanation of his fate based in part or wholly on supposition:
Total number of missions of above crew member EWAS A REPLACER ON HIS CREW
Dates and destinations if possible: AUGUST 28,1944 TARGET
WAS IN AUSTRIA.
6-3861, AF

AFPP,
INDIVIDUAL CASUALTY QUESTIONNAIRE
File H 11278
Name of crew member:
PEPERONA, Vincent
Rank:
s/sgt.
Serial number:
14001703
Position: Crew (Bomber)
Asst. Eng.
Did he bail out?
YES
Where?
NEAR ZAGREB, JUGOSCAVIA
If not, why not?
Last contact or conversation just prior to or at time of loss of plane: HE WAS
BEHIND ME BY THE WAIST DOOR.
Was he injured?
NO.
Where was he when last seen? STALAGCUUT IV ON JAN. 30, 1945
Any hearsay information:
HIS GROUP OF P.O.W.'S WAS
REPORTEDLY LIBERATED BY THE BRITISH /N THE
LATTER PART OF APRIL, 1945
Source :
Ex.P.O.w.'s IN U.S. HOSPITAL IN FRANCE.
Any explanation of his fate based in part or wholly on supposition:
Total number of missions of above crew member:
47
Dates and destinations if possible: ON REVERSE SIDE
6-3861, AF

AFPPA-11
INDIVIDUAL C BUALTY QUESTIONNAIRE
File # 11278
Name of crew member:
PEPERONA, Vincent
Rank:
s/Sgt.
Serial number:
14001703
Position: Crow (Bomber)
Asst. Eng.
Did he bail out?
Yes
Where?
Karlstadt, Croatia
If not, why not?
Last contact or conversation just prior to or at time of loss of plane:
Checked out on bail-out order
Was he injured?
No
Where was he when last seen? Budapest (Disian Luft) on or about Sept. 25, 1944
Any hearsay information:
Last seen between 12-15 May, 1945 at Camp Lucky Strike,
Le Havre, France awaiting repatriation after return to
Allied control. Previously confined in Stalag Luft IV.
Source :
Tech. Sgt. Eert Schreiner - 104-21 9lst Ave. - Richmond Hill, N.Y.
Any explanation of his fate based in part or wholly on supposition:
Assumed to have safely returned to the United Ststes.
Note: Correct spelling of casualty's name - PEPERONE, VINCENT
Total number of missions of above crew member:
48
Dates and destinations if possible:
Available from Capt. Jonas L. Blank, (AC, RA) 1416 New Hampshire Ave.,
Washington, D. C.
Robert F. Corenthal
c/o Terminal Radio Corp.
85 Cortlandt Street
New York 7, N. Y.
6-3861, AF
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