Salvador J Di Cosmo
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Salvador Di Cosmo served as a radio operator gunner with the 303rd Bomb Group, flying missions out of Molesworth, England. On 19 August 1943, he was shot down in B-17 42-5392 'Stric Nine'. Plane ditched into North Sea off the Hook of Holland. Di Cosmo was Killed in Action (KIA). His name is commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing at the Netherlands American Cemetery.
Awards: AM, PH.
Connections
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18071114 / O-738242
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Stric Nine, City of Albuquerque
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Little Rock, AR, USA | 23 July 1942 | Little Rock, Arkansas |
Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Off Hook of Holland | 19 August 1943 | |
Born |
Arkansas, USA | Son of Nicola and Olivia Deloris [Nosari] Dicosmo. | |
Pulaski County, AR, USA | |||
Based |
Molesworth | 19 August 1943 | Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery Magratten, Netherlands |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56298172/salvador-j-dicosmo
Changed the label for a Died event to KIA per info in the "Summary biography".
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Correspondence with the Uljee family, who have adopted the name of Salvador di Cosmo on the Wall of the Missing in Margraten and shared information from di Cosmo's family on the Fields of Honor database: http://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/en/american-war-cemeter…
NARA enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf…
ABMC record: https://abmc.gov/node/531422#.WSbCdU2GOM8
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 285