Bartholomew Catanzaro

Military
media-27021.jpeg UPL 27021 Bradley Crew - Assigned 754th Squadron - June 7, 1944.
Standing: Roy Cook - WG, Gus Duhon - BTG, Louie Ratto - TG, E.J. Pyle - RO, Allen Tuten - E, Bob Cowan - TTG
Kneeling: George Bradley - P, Dick McGough - N, Bart Catanzaro - CP, James Evans - B

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Object Number - UPL 27021 - Bradley Crew - Assigned 754th Squadron - June 7, 1944. Standing: Roy Cook - WG, Gus Duhon - BTG, Louie Ratto - TG, E.J. Pyle - RO, Allen Tuten - E,...

Assigned to 754BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. Completed Tour Duty (ETD).

Awards: DFC, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

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

People

George P Bradley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 56th Fighter Group 61st Fighter Squadron 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-693610
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bomber / Fighter pilot

Aircraft

41-28682

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron

41-28735

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron 755th Bomb Squadron

41-28963

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron

41-29276

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: The Rotten Sock | Urgin Virgin
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron

41-29305

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Ill be Back
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Providence, RI, USA 3 September 1924 Son of Bartholo Catanzaro.

Enlisted

Providence County, RI, USA 14 December 1942 Providence County, Rhode Island

Based

Horsham St Faith 7 June 1944 Assigned to 754BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF.

Died

Warwick, RI, USA 3 April 2012

Buried

Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery Exeter Washington County RI 7 April 2012 Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery Exeter Washington County Rhode Island, USA

Other

Completed Tour Duty

England, UK Ended Tour Duty (ETD).
Providence County, RI, USA

Revisions

Date19 Feb 2021 10:53:57
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to events
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/657900738
https://www.fold3.com/record/83456997/bartholomew-catanzaro-wwii-army-e…
https://www.fold3.com/record/716885757/catanzaro-bartholomew-u-s-vetera…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88102095/bartholomew-catanzaro

Date11 Nov 2019 14:08:02
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
ChangesChanges to unit associations
Sources

490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Date2 Apr 2017 16:20:52
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to nickname, service number, highest rank, role, biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations
Sources

http://www.458bg.com/crewbradley.htm
https://www.fold3.com/page/83456997_bartholomew_catanzaro/details/
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=88102095

Date27 Sep 2014 18:04:19
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.458bg.com/crewbradley.htm

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