Aldo Joseph Gregori
Military ROLL OF HONOURL-R: Doy Cloud (RO), Robert Compton (TG), Lawrence Wager (WG), Eugene Boger (CP), Randolph “Jake” Jacobs (P), John Curtin (N), James Seibel (B), Donald Gorham (BT), Jack Goetz (E/TT), Aldo Gregori (Asst. Eng.)
384th Bomb Group collection
Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #59 dated 31 July 1943. Mechanical fault in B-17 #4231274 'Sea Hag'; 15 mins over France #1 prop ran away, threw chunks of cowling, and caught on fire; ditched in English Channel at 1125 hrs; nine crew picked up, one missing; Sgt. Gregori Killed in Action (KIA)/Missing in Action (MIA) MACR 1768
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- Date: 3 September 1943
- Date: 31 August 1943
- Date: 27 August 1943
- Date: 17 August 1943
- Official Description:
- Date: 16 August 1943
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died Missing in Action (MIA) |
English Channel | 30 December 1943 | Ditched in English Channel at 1125 hrs; nine crew picked up, one missing; Sgt. Gregori Killed in Action (KIA)/Missing in Action (MIA). Unable to free himself from the wreckage of the ditched aircraft, Sgt. Gregori went down with the ship |
Other Memorial |
Cambridge, England | Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England: Tablets of the Missing |
Revisions
Added Aldo J Gregori's name to the Roll of Honour in the American Air Museum.
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1768, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…