Nunzio D Paola

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

On 27 Jan 1944, while taxiing after landing from a training flight, the landing gear switch of B-17G #42-31414 was placed in the up position instead of the flap switch. RTD.







Shot down by flak and fighters on mission to Frankfurt on 29 Jan 1944 in B-17G #42-31193 'Little Boots. ' Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-31193

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little Boots
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

42-31414

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

29 January 1944

Born

Buried

Louisiana

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

France 29 January 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2274 / MACR 2274, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces,

href="http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=693">http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=693> / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database