| Recent Address: | Beacon Falls, CT |
| Family Info: | Parents: Joseph and Jennie; Wife: Theresa; Daughter: Darlene |
| Hometown: | Waterbury, CT |
| Date Entered Service: | October 7, 1942 |
| Service Number: | 11100201 |
| Bomb Group: | 40th |
| Squadron: | 25th |
| Location of Unit: | Smoky Hill AB, Salina, KS (September, 1943) |
| Missions Flown: | 17 |
| Hump Missions: | 3 |
| Targets: | About every Japanese city, including Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Kobe, Honshu and Kyushu. Rangoon, Singapore, Mukden |
| Awards: | Good Conduct Medal, Air Medal (2), Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbon with 4 Battle Stars, Presidential Unit Citation, WWII Victory Medal, World War II Campaign Medal, Sharp Shooter Badge |
| Service Schools: | Radio, Sioux Falls, SD Feb 1943; Truax A.B., WI Jul 1943; Philco Radio School, Philadelphia, PA Aug 1943 |
| MOS: | Radio Operator |
| Crew Type: | Flight crew |
| Airplane Serial No.& Name: | 42-63455 Genie |
| Date Discharged: | October 14, 1945 |
| Post WWII Civilian Occupation(s): | Tool & Die toolmaker for 42 years. Retired 1982. |
| Thoughts About the 58th: | I am very proud of my time in the service, the time I spent in the 58th Wing, the education I received in the service and what we accomplished for the liberty of democracy in the world. I was able to travel all over the US and some of the rest of the world. I enjoyed my 3 years in the service except the bombing missions because I realize now that we killed so many poor people, especially women and children. I flew with Lt. Col. Turner, a very good pilot and person. He was a Command Pilot. |
| Comments: | I had to bail out of a burning B-29 over China and was returned to my base by Communist Chinese (our friends at the time). Pilot and co-pilot were killed trying to land the plane. In my three years in the service I flew around the world. Mr. Cipriano passed away September 16, 2013 and is buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Watertown, CT. |
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