Michael Joseph Bonagura

Military
media-34473.jpeg UPL 34473 Major Michael Bonagura’s Crew
Sudbury, UK

I received permission several years ago from my grandfagher’s Co-Pilot, Lt. Tom Mogren.

Object Number - UPL 34473 - Major Michael Bonagura’s Crew Sudbury, UK

My grandfather started the war as a pilot instructor in New Mexico (B-17s) and was repeatedly turned down combat assignments to keep training until finally granted in ‘45. He was lead pilot for several

missions and stayed in the Air Force reserves in NY until he retired from the NYPD as a narcotics detective.

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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Born

Brooklyn, New York 8 May 1919

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My name is Brian Michael Sieber and I am Maj. Michael Bonagura’s grandson

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / grandson

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Object number: UPL 34473 - Major Michael Bonagura’s Crew Sudbury, UK