Louis E Domato

Military
media-7476.jpeg UPL 7476 457th Bomb Group crew in 1945.
Back 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

Object Number - UPL 7476 - 457th Bomb Group crew in 1945. Back row left to right: Roy Truba (Bombardier), Craig K Winters (Navigator), Joseph Taylor (Co-Pilot) and William...

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

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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

Born

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 18 April 1945

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Sources

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

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