Albert Guy D'Amico Jr
Military
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5113 - The insignia of the 367th Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group.
1st Group Radar Observer 'Mickey' at 306th from July 1944 to December 1944. He led the group to target and bombed through the clouds for about 15 missions. He was also lead navigator for other groups at bases: Graffton U. (10 missions), Polebrook (1), Molesworth (1), Kimbolton (1), Thurleigh (15), Bassingbonn (1). He mostly operated out of the 482nd and the 305th, getting up in the morning very early to hop over to the other groups.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
San Antonio, TX, USA | 6 May 2013 | Interred: Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas. |
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Born |
Chicago, IL, USA |
Revisions
Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" - "operated" was misspelled.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia