Arthur J Lombardo

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Hit by flak and exploded in mid-air on a mission to the Marshalling Yards at Frankfurt on 4 Feb 1944 in B-17F 42-5909. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Lieutenant John C "Red" Morgan of the 482nd Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Lt Red Morgan, Cong, Med of Hon.'

482nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-5909

42-5909

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mary Jane
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron 813th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

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Killed in action

4 February 1944

Born

Boston, Massachusetts

Buried

Massachusetts

Revisions

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 3361 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3361, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces & page 21 in HISTORY OF THE OPERATIONAL PERIOD OF THE 482nd BOMBARDMENT GROUP, D790.G482.M6, 1944