Louie R Onofrio
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 570BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. Crew number 59. 12 x combat missions*. Failed to Return (FTR) Merseburg in B-17 42-97407 'Asterisk' 30-Nov-44; mid air collision with B-17 44-8080 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11136
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
* - Cologne 15-Oct-44, Cologne 16-Oct-44, Kassel, Hamm, Weisbaden, Langerwehe, Saarbrucken, Geisen, Merseburg [Recalled], Saarbrucken, Mannheim, Merseburg 30-Nov-44.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12130233 / O-817196
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19117070 / O-768655
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The As-Te-Risk
- Unit: 1st Strategic Air Depot 390th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron 570th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Newhaven County, CT | 30 March 1923 | Son of Louie and Mary Onofrio. |
Enlisted |
Hartford, CT | 7 December 1942 | |
Died |
Flur Oberkotzau, Germany | 30 November 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Merseburg in B-17 42-97407 'Asterisk' 30-Nov-44; mid air collision with B-17 44-8080 KIA. MACR 11136 |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Framlingham | 30 November 1944 | Assigned to 570BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Beaverdale Memorial Park, New Haven, CT | Re-Interred Beaverdale Memorial Park, New Haven, CT | |
Other Training |
Seymour Johnson Field, NC | Trained as Engineer/Gunner - Seymour Johnson Field, NC | |
Other B-17 Ferry crew to ETO |
Ferried B-17 over to ETO with Lt Dana Gary crew. |
Revisions
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390th Bomb Group Published by Turner Publishing Company, 1994
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11136 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database