Son of Gaetano and Antoinette Rose Mirro Paesano. Husband of Hazel Eileen Westberry Paesano. Father of Carl; Virginia;
Robert; James and John. He was a WWII veteran with an honorable discharge. He enlisted into the service on August 20, 1942 and his place of entry into the service is listed as Fort Meade Maryland. His date of separation is listed as February 13, 1946 at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. He is described as having brown hair and eyes , 170 pounds and 5' 6 1/2 inches tall. He was a Master Sergeant and an Aircraft Maintenance Technician and Carbine Marksman.. He was awarded the American Theater Ribbon; Good Conduct Medal and WWII Victory Medal. He attended Aerial Gunnery School in Harlingen Texas and Airline Mechanic School at Keesler Field, Mississippi.He was promoted to Master Sergeant on February 28, 1945 at Drew Field, Florida. Promotion to Technical Sergeant was on February 1, 1944. He served with the 327th Army Air Force Base Unit, Drew Field Tampa, Florida for 28 months, 14 of which were spent as a line chief over 80 B-17s and 16 C-47 type airplanes. He was also stationed at Moses Lake, Washington and Blythe, California.
The Westinghouse Valley News, Thursday, March 4, 1943:
Wilmerding Man receives Aerial Gunner's Diploma
A member of the largest class ever to graduate from the nation's largest aerial gunnery school at Harlington, texas, Albert R. Paesano of Wilmerding, last week received his diploma and was advanced to the rank of sergeant as an aerial gunner in the Army Air Forces. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Gaetano Paesano of 501 Station Street (Wilmerding, PA) Sergeant Paesano has completed 5 weeks of intensive training in class,on the ground and in the air shooting every kind of gun from BB to 50 caliber Brownings. He now rates as an expert combat member of the Army Air Forces' famous "Four Flying Horsemen" fighting combination- gunner, bombardier, navigator and pilot. Unless held over in Harlington to serve as an instructor, he will immediatly be sent to join a fighting unit.
The Westinghouse Valley News, March 8, 1945:
Albert Paesano is Promoted in Florida
Drew Field Florida. Albert Paesano, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gaetano Paesano 450 Caldwell Avenue Wilmerding is one of 10 technical sergeants stationed here who were promoted to Master Sergeant February 28th. A graduate of Westinghouse High School, Wilmerding, Class of 1941, Master Sergeant Paesano was employed as a milling machine operator before being inducted into the service August 15, 1942. It was at Fort Meade, MD that he started his Army career which brought him to the top rank for enlisted men.Prior to being transferred to Drew Field, in November 1943, Paesano was stationed at Moses Lake, Washington; Blythe CA; Keesler Field, near Gulfport, MS and Harlington, TX. Master Sergeant Paesano is assigned to duty as line chief in charge of 100-hour maintenance department. He was promoted to Technical Sergeant February 1, 1944.
He met Hazel Eileen Westberry in Sebring, Florida and they were married on October 19, 1946 in Tampa, Florida.
Robert; James and John. He was a WWII veteran with an honorable discharge. He enlisted into the service on August 20, 1942 and his place of entry into the service is listed as Fort Meade Maryland. His date of separation is listed as February 13, 1946 at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. He is described as having brown hair and eyes , 170 pounds and 5' 6 1/2 inches tall. He was a Master Sergeant and an Aircraft Maintenance Technician and Carbine Marksman.. He was awarded the American Theater Ribbon; Good Conduct Medal and WWII Victory Medal. He attended Aerial Gunnery School in Harlingen Texas and Airline Mechanic School at Keesler Field, Mississippi.He was promoted to Master Sergeant on February 28, 1945 at Drew Field, Florida. Promotion to Technical Sergeant was on February 1, 1944. He served with the 327th Army Air Force Base Unit, Drew Field Tampa, Florida for 28 months, 14 of which were spent as a line chief over 80 B-17s and 16 C-47 type airplanes. He was also stationed at Moses Lake, Washington and Blythe, California.
The Westinghouse Valley News, Thursday, March 4, 1943:
Wilmerding Man receives Aerial Gunner's Diploma
A member of the largest class ever to graduate from the nation's largest aerial gunnery school at Harlington, texas, Albert R. Paesano of Wilmerding, last week received his diploma and was advanced to the rank of sergeant as an aerial gunner in the Army Air Forces. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Gaetano Paesano of 501 Station Street (Wilmerding, PA) Sergeant Paesano has completed 5 weeks of intensive training in class,on the ground and in the air shooting every kind of gun from BB to 50 caliber Brownings. He now rates as an expert combat member of the Army Air Forces' famous "Four Flying Horsemen" fighting combination- gunner, bombardier, navigator and pilot. Unless held over in Harlington to serve as an instructor, he will immediatly be sent to join a fighting unit.
The Westinghouse Valley News, March 8, 1945:
Albert Paesano is Promoted in Florida
Drew Field Florida. Albert Paesano, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gaetano Paesano 450 Caldwell Avenue Wilmerding is one of 10 technical sergeants stationed here who were promoted to Master Sergeant February 28th. A graduate of Westinghouse High School, Wilmerding, Class of 1941, Master Sergeant Paesano was employed as a milling machine operator before being inducted into the service August 15, 1942. It was at Fort Meade, MD that he started his Army career which brought him to the top rank for enlisted men.Prior to being transferred to Drew Field, in November 1943, Paesano was stationed at Moses Lake, Washington; Blythe CA; Keesler Field, near Gulfport, MS and Harlington, TX. Master Sergeant Paesano is assigned to duty as line chief in charge of 100-hour maintenance department. He was promoted to Technical Sergeant February 1, 1944.
He met Hazel Eileen Westberry in Sebring, Florida and they were married on October 19, 1946 in Tampa, Florida.
Son of Gaetano and Antoinette Rose Mirro Paesano. Husband of Hazel Eileen Westberry Paesano. Father of Carl; Virginia;
Robert; James and John. He was a WWII veteran with an honorable discharge. He enlisted into the service on August 20, 1942 and his place of entry into the service is listed as Fort Meade Maryland. His date of separation is listed as February 13, 1946 at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. He is described as having brown hair and eyes , 170 pounds and 5' 6 1/2 inches tall. He was a Master Sergeant and an Aircraft Maintenance Technician and Carbine Marksman.. He was awarded the American Theater Ribbon; Good Conduct Medal and WWII Victory Medal. He attended Aerial Gunnery School in Harlingen Texas and Airline Mechanic School at Keesler Field, Mississippi.He was promoted to Master Sergeant on February 28, 1945 at Drew Field, Florida. Promotion to Technical Sergeant was on February 1, 1944. He served with the 327th Army Air Force Base Unit, Drew Field Tampa, Florida for 28 months, 14 of which were spent as a line chief over 80 B-17s and 16 C-47 type airplanes. He was also stationed at Moses Lake, Washington and Blythe, California.
The Westinghouse Valley News, Thursday, March 4, 1943:
Wilmerding Man receives Aerial Gunner's Diploma
A member of the largest class ever to graduate from the nation's largest aerial gunnery school at Harlington, texas, Albert R. Paesano of Wilmerding, last week received his diploma and was advanced to the rank of sergeant as an aerial gunner in the Army Air Forces. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Gaetano Paesano of 501 Station Street (Wilmerding, PA) Sergeant Paesano has completed 5 weeks of intensive training in class,on the ground and in the air shooting every kind of gun from BB to 50 caliber Brownings. He now rates as an expert combat member of the Army Air Forces' famous "Four Flying Horsemen" fighting combination- gunner, bombardier, navigator and pilot. Unless held over in Harlington to serve as an instructor, he will immediatly be sent to join a fighting unit.
The Westinghouse Valley News, March 8, 1945:
Albert Paesano is Promoted in Florida
Drew Field Florida. Albert Paesano, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gaetano Paesano 450 Caldwell Avenue Wilmerding is one of 10 technical sergeants stationed here who were promoted to Master Sergeant February 28th. A graduate of Westinghouse High School, Wilmerding, Class of 1941, Master Sergeant Paesano was employed as a milling machine operator before being inducted into the service August 15, 1942. It was at Fort Meade, MD that he started his Army career which brought him to the top rank for enlisted men.Prior to being transferred to Drew Field, in November 1943, Paesano was stationed at Moses Lake, Washington; Blythe CA; Keesler Field, near Gulfport, MS and Harlington, TX. Master Sergeant Paesano is assigned to duty as line chief in charge of 100-hour maintenance department. He was promoted to Technical Sergeant February 1, 1944.
He met Hazel Eileen Westberry in Sebring, Florida and they were married on October 19, 1946 in Tampa, Florida.
Robert; James and John. He was a WWII veteran with an honorable discharge. He enlisted into the service on August 20, 1942 and his place of entry into the service is listed as Fort Meade Maryland. His date of separation is listed as February 13, 1946 at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. He is described as having brown hair and eyes , 170 pounds and 5' 6 1/2 inches tall. He was a Master Sergeant and an Aircraft Maintenance Technician and Carbine Marksman.. He was awarded the American Theater Ribbon; Good Conduct Medal and WWII Victory Medal. He attended Aerial Gunnery School in Harlingen Texas and Airline Mechanic School at Keesler Field, Mississippi.He was promoted to Master Sergeant on February 28, 1945 at Drew Field, Florida. Promotion to Technical Sergeant was on February 1, 1944. He served with the 327th Army Air Force Base Unit, Drew Field Tampa, Florida for 28 months, 14 of which were spent as a line chief over 80 B-17s and 16 C-47 type airplanes. He was also stationed at Moses Lake, Washington and Blythe, California.
The Westinghouse Valley News, Thursday, March 4, 1943:
Wilmerding Man receives Aerial Gunner's Diploma
A member of the largest class ever to graduate from the nation's largest aerial gunnery school at Harlington, texas, Albert R. Paesano of Wilmerding, last week received his diploma and was advanced to the rank of sergeant as an aerial gunner in the Army Air Forces. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Gaetano Paesano of 501 Station Street (Wilmerding, PA) Sergeant Paesano has completed 5 weeks of intensive training in class,on the ground and in the air shooting every kind of gun from BB to 50 caliber Brownings. He now rates as an expert combat member of the Army Air Forces' famous "Four Flying Horsemen" fighting combination- gunner, bombardier, navigator and pilot. Unless held over in Harlington to serve as an instructor, he will immediatly be sent to join a fighting unit.
The Westinghouse Valley News, March 8, 1945:
Albert Paesano is Promoted in Florida
Drew Field Florida. Albert Paesano, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gaetano Paesano 450 Caldwell Avenue Wilmerding is one of 10 technical sergeants stationed here who were promoted to Master Sergeant February 28th. A graduate of Westinghouse High School, Wilmerding, Class of 1941, Master Sergeant Paesano was employed as a milling machine operator before being inducted into the service August 15, 1942. It was at Fort Meade, MD that he started his Army career which brought him to the top rank for enlisted men.Prior to being transferred to Drew Field, in November 1943, Paesano was stationed at Moses Lake, Washington; Blythe CA; Keesler Field, near Gulfport, MS and Harlington, TX. Master Sergeant Paesano is assigned to duty as line chief in charge of 100-hour maintenance department. He was promoted to Technical Sergeant February 1, 1944.
He met Hazel Eileen Westberry in Sebring, Florida and they were married on October 19, 1946 in Tampa, Florida.
Inscription
SSGT 327th Base Unit AAF
