Louis E Domato
MilitaryBack row left to right: Roy Truba (Bombardier), Craig K Winters (Navigator), Joseph Taylor (Co-Pilot) and William Thistle (Pilot).
Front row left to right: Luther Smith (Tail Gunner), Louis Domato (Radio Operator), John H Taylor (Ball Turret Gunner), John Miller (Flight Engineer) and Harvey Henkel (Right Waist Gunner).
Sent through to the museum by Mike Leveillard whose father-in-law (kneeling on the right) was Harvey Henkel, waist gunner.
See 457th Bomb Group website: http://www.457thbombgroup.org/BB/BBC11.HTML
14 missions. Had forced landing in France (Cannes). Shot down over Bavarian Alps 18 April 1945 in B-17 #448557, bailed out, taken Prisoner of War (POW). Inducted 9/6/43, Discharged 11/6/45
AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ ETO Ribbon
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Brooklyn, New York, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 18 April 1945 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 14183 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self, MACR 14183