Romolo M Costa
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned Oct 1944. KIA at Hintermuhlin in B-17 43-38968. Jan 7 1945, collided with A/C of 95th BG - 43-38551.
Romolo served as a Technical Sergeant and Engineer / Top Turret Gunner on B-17G 43-38968, 338th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on December 5, 1942 in New York City, New York.
B-17G 43-38968 took off, with a crew of 10, from Station 138, England on a bombing mission over Cologne, Germany. Near the target they were involved in a collision with B-17 43-38551 due to poor visibility caused by the weather and crashed near Hintermulen, West of Westerburg, Germany.
Both B-17s disintegrated after the collision and no chutes were seen although observers report it was impossible to have seen a chute because of weather conditions.
Two members of the crew, however, survived: Flt. Off. Theodore E. Yeaton (Pilot) and S/Sgt James M. Bowen (Togglier).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Killed in Action |
Germany | 7 January 1945 | |
Born |
Brooklyn, New York, USA | ||
Buried |
Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial Hamm, Canton de Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11571 / MACR 11571; Snetterton Falcons, pg 201, 226 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database