The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

Salvador Scanio

840th

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Rank
CPL (14 September 1944), TSGT (20 October 1944), TSGT (9 January 1945)
Hometown
NEW ORLEANS LA; New Orleans LA; West wego, LA
In the book
Heroes of the 483rd, p. 33
Sources
483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book · service record at 483bg.org

Crews

Awards

DateAwardGeneral orderRank then
14 September 1944Air Medal3394CPL
20 October 1944Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster4066TSGT
9 January 1945Air Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster151TSGT

From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.

Statements, mentions and histories

Casualty questionnaire, page 32 · 25 December 1944
File a 23730
INDIVIDUAL CASUALTY QUESTIONNAIRE
Name of crew member:
SCANIO, Salvador (NMI)
Rank:
T/Sgt.
Serial number:
38494400
Position: Crew (Bomber) or Flight (Eightan):
Engineer
Did he bail out?
Yes
Where?
Liabach, Yugoslavia
If not, why not?
Last contact or conversation just prior to'or at time of loss of plane:
shortly before abondonment of ship.
Was he injured?
No
Where was he when last seen? 42 days after bailing out. On prisoner of war train.
Any hearsay information: Seriously ill at Nurnberg, Germany, at time of release
by U.S. troops. Sent to France for recovery, which was extremely
slow. Last seen at San Antonio Army Air Base, (saac) separation
center, from which he received his honorable discharge sometime in
Oct. or November, 1945.
Source:
Personal contact with Scanio, Salvador, at the above named base.
Any explanation of his fate based in part or wholly on supposition:
see above.
Total number of missions of above crew member: 42(approx.)
Dates and destinations if possible: Deca 25, 1944 (1est mission)
Brux oil rafinary, Sudetanland.
6-3861, AF

National Archives, MACR 10730, page 32 · Machine-read from microfilm, uncorrected.

Casualty questionnaire, page 36 · 25 December 1944
AFFPA-'11
File # 10730
INDIVIDUAL CASUALTY QUESTIONNAIRE
Name of orew member
SCANIO, Salvador (NMI)
Rank:
T/Sgt.
Serial number:
38494400
Position: Crow (Bomber)
Engineer
Did he bail out? YES
Where?
AUSTRiYUGO - BORDER
If not, why not?
Last contact or conversation just prior to'or at time of loss of plane:
NONE
Was he injured? I BELIEVE So
Where was he when last seen?
AT NURNBERG GER
Any hearsay information:
Source:
Any explanation of his fate based in part or wholly on supposition:
Total number of missions of above crew momber: 38 or 40
Dates and destinations if possible:
6-3861, AF

National Archives, MACR 10730, page 36 · Machine-read from microfilm, uncorrected.

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