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Leonard J Fornaro

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BTG, Martin crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 22 June 1943 in B-17 #42-30021. Mission #1 - Antwerp, Belgium. First 533rd BS loss. MACR 160. Killed in Action (KIA). The aircraft crashed into the River Scheldt, Eastern Scheldt Tidal Basin near Krabbendijke, Belgium. Buried in the Baltimore National Cemetery.
Baltimore, MD

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People

  • Bill Geary

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
    TG, Martin crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 22 June 1943 in B-17 #42-30021. Mission #1 - Antwerp, Belgium. First 533rd BS loss. MACR 160. Killed in Action (KIA). The aircraft crashed into the River Scheldt, Eastern Scheldt basin near...

  • Hugh Goswick

    Military | Sergeant | Radio Operator | 381st Bomb Group
    Radio operator, Martin crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 22 June 1943 in B-17 #42-30021. Mission #1 - Antwerp, Belgium. First 533rd BS loss. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 160. Sgt Goswick's body was never recovered. The aircraft crashed into...

  • Wallace Hoag

    Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 381st Bomb Group
    Bombardier, Martin crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 22 June 1943 in B-17#42-30021. Mission #1 - Antwerp, Belgium. First 533rd BS loss. MACR 160. Picked up along with 2LT Harry Long by Dutch fishermen. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft III and...

  • John Hutchison

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
    LWG, Martin crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 22 June 1943 in B-17 #42-30021. Mission #1 - Antwerp, Belgium. First 533rd BS loss. MACR 160. Killed in Action (KIA). The aircraft crashed in the River Scheldt, Eastern Scheldt Tidal Basin near...

  • James Lantto

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
    ETTG, Martin crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 22 June 1943 in B-17 #42-30021. Mission #1 - Antwerp, Belgium. First 533rd BS loss. MACR 160. Killed in Action (KIA). The aircraft crashed into the River Scheldt, Eastern Scheldt Tidal Basin near...

  • Harry Long

    Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 381st Bomb Group
    Navigator, Martin crew. 381st GB, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 22 June 1943 in B-17#42-30021. Mission #1 - Antwerp, Belgium. First 533rd BS loss. MACR 160. Broke his leg on the bomb bay door while bailing out. Picked up along with 2Lt Hoag by Dutch...

  • Robert Marsh

    Military | Flight Officer | Co-Pilot | 381st Bomb Group
    Co-pilot, Martin Crew. 381st BG, 533d BS, 8th AF. Shot down 22 June 1943 in B-17#42-30021. Mission #1 - Antwerp, Belgium. First 533rd BS loss. MACR 160. Killed in Action (KIA). Unknown where his body was interred and possibly never recovered due to...

  • John Martin

    Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 381st Bomb Group
    Pilot, Martin Crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 22 June 1943 in B-17 #42-30021. Mission #1 - Antwerp, Belgium. First 533rd BS loss. MACR 160. Killed in Action (KIA). Buried in the Netherlands AMC. Berwick, PA

  • Glenn Witts

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
    RWG, Martin crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 22 June 1943 in B-17 #42-30021. Mission #1 - Antwerp, Belgium. First 533rd BS loss. MACR 160. Wounded in the aircraft. Killed in Action (KIA). The aircraft crashed into the River Scheldt, Eastern...

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Units served with

  • 381st Bomb Group

    381st Bomb Group

    Group
    The 381st Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Ridgewell, Essex between June 1943 and April 1945. The Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit Citations, the first for bombing shipyards at Bremen, whilst under heavy attack, on 8 October 1943 and...

  • 533rd Bomb Squadron

    533rd Bomb Squadron

    Squadron

Aircraft

  • 42-30021

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Denver 1/4/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 17/4/43; Pueblo 27/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Dow Fd 23/5/43; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-L] Ridgewell 29/5/43 with John Martin, Bob Marsh, Harry Long, Wallace Hoag, Jim Lantto, John Hutchinson, Hugh...

Missions

  • VIII Bomber Command 65

    22 June 1943
    The German rubber industry (Chemische Werke Hüls AG) at Marl (district Hüls-Nord), Germany, is the primary objective of this mission and is assigned to the Bomb Groups with the most expericence. Also the industrial area of Antwerp, Belgium is assigned...

Associated Place

  • Ridgewell

    Military site : airfield
    Built during 1941-42 as an RAF bomber station, Ridgewell operated as a satellite to RAF Stradishall until May 1943. It had three concrete runways, initially 36 pan hardstandings, and two dispersed T2 hangars. Taken over by the Eighth Air Force in June...

Events

Event Location Date
Born West Virginia 3 January 1920
Enlisted Baltimore, Maryland, USA 25 September 1941
Based Ridgewell June 1943 – 22 June 1943
Killed in Action Krabbendijke, Belgium 22 June 1943
Buried Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Baltimore National Cemetery
Section D
Site 3809
Nationality
American
Nickname
Not yet known
Service numbers
13043065
Highest rank
Staff Sergeant
Role/job
Ball Turret Gunner
Awards
  • Purple Heart

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
23 April 2020 23:56:24 ARowe95 Changes to media associations
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Photo from Find-A-Grave.com
Date Contributor Update
23 April 2020 23:50:37 ARowe95 Changes to biography and events
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All entries by ARowe95 are from:
381st BGMA
533rd Bomb Squadron War Diary
242nd Medical Detachment Diary
MACR 160
Fold.3
Find-A-Grave
NARA- Enlistment records
They Came from Over the Pond - David Osborne
The Mighty Men of the 381st - James Good Brown
Date Contributor Update
13 June 2018 04:12:43 ARowe95 Changes to role and biography
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13 June 2018 04:03:42 ARowe95 Changes to biography, events, unit associations and place associations
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13 November 2017 02:04:13 ARowe95 Changes to role and biography
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03 November 2017 17:19:21 ARowe95 Changes to biography
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03 November 2017 17:13:35 ARowe95 Changes to biography and mission associations
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09 October 2017 03:07:03 ARowe95 Changes to service number, biography, awards, person associations and place associations
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Sources

381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 160 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 160 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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