Philip Dicerbo

Sergeant Philip Dicerbo was a Scottish airman of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died during the Second World War.
He was born the son of Italian-born parents Antonio and Pasqualina Dicerbo. His parents settled in Moffat in 1922 and soon afterwards established a chip shop named 'The Moffat Chippy'. Dicerbo's sister, Bettina, who worked at a munitions factory during the war, continued to work at the chip shop into the 2010s.Chippy gran has served 500,000 suppers in 77 years... and is still working six nights a week at age of 90. 1 July 2013, dailyrecord.co.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
Aged 19, Dicerbo, a flight engineer with 582 Squadron, died on 25 July 1944 when his Avro Lancaster was attacked by a German night-fighter while engaged on an operation against Stuttgart.Redding, Tony (2014), Life and Death in Bomber Command
He is buried in Moffat Cemetery, Kirkpatrick.
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*Dicerbo, Philip, cwgc.org. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
Category:Birth Date Unknown
Category:1944 deaths
Category:British military personnel
Category:British people of Italian descent
Category:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Category:Buried in Scotland
Category:Sergeants