Aldo Joseph Gregori
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
L-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
Object Number - UPL 66414 - Randolph Jacobs crew 001, 544th Bomb Squad, 384th Bomb Group. May, 1943; Casper, Wyoming. L-R: Doy Cloud (RO), Robert Compton (TG), Lawrence Wager...
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: 23 September 1943
- Date: 16 September 1943
- Date: 9 September 1943
- Date: 7 September 1943
- Official Description:
![A B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Kicking Horse" of the 303rd Bomb Group takes off with a feathered engine. Handwritten caption on reverse: ''Kicking Horse' of 303BG. Received 7/7/1944.' On reverse: Daily Graphic [Stamp, ref. no. M4226L].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-407628.jpg.webp?itok=SpfDIv0I)
- Date: 6 September 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 |
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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=…