Caradino Gabriel DiGregorio
MilitaryAssigned to 418BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. 35 x combat missions. Completed a tour with the 100th. ETD
Returned from Merseburg in B-17 42-97071 30-Nov-44; A/C took flak hit, Navigator killed by shrapnel wound to head. RTD
Awards: AM (OLC), PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
![Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-378743.jpg.webp?itok=HBB0lqjl)
- 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: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-?
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Andy's Dandys
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Philadelphia, PA | 10 April 1924 | Son of Alphonse and Giacenta B 'Jessie' DiGregorio. |
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Enlisted |
Philadelphia, PA | 30 March 1943 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
11 August 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Springfield, PA | 29 June 2009 | |
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Buried |
Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery Springfield, Delaware County, PA | Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery Springfield, Delaware County, Pennsylvania | |
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Based |
Thorpe Abbotts | Assigned to 418BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
| Springfield, PA | 29 June 2009 | 35 year resident of Springfield, Pennsylvania. | |
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Other Draft Record - Employed |
Chester, PA | Baldwin Locomotive Co. Ltd, Chester, Pennsylvania |
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Sources
100th Bomb Group Foundation Directory, 2000 - 2001 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia