Carl T Floto Jr
MilitaryB-17G 42-31202 turned back at mid-channel on an operational mission on 9 Mar 1944 and the a/c ran off the runway upon landing. RTD.
Shot down 28 May 1944 in B-17 42-102647 'BTO In the ETO. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
Earlier 5 December 1943 AC B-17 42-39825 Zenobia El Elephante 2 stalled and exploded on ground 20 minutes later. Crew had escaped and villagers warned so no civilian casualties and crew returned. Floto suffered serious injury.
POW
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: BTO in the ETO
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Zenobia El Elephante
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 28 May 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 28 May 1944 |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 5305,;
- Losses of 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey pp. 409-10 ;
- w/ crew pix, h;
- -http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=494
Biography source:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5305, Losses of 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey pp. 409-10 w/ crew pix, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=494
MACR 5305 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database