William Gorgone
Military ROLL OF HONOURETTG, Yorba crew. 381st BG, 534th BS, 8th AF. Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29803 'Flat Foot Floogie'. Mission #39 to the Kugel-Fisher ball bearing works at Schweinfurt, Germany. MACR 1037. Was last seen leaving his inoperable turret and checking towards the rear of the aircraft to make sure everyone got out. Killed in Action (KIA). Buried in the Lorraine AMC.
Waltham, MA
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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: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35292918
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-802250
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-673488
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12042502
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33324280
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Flat Foot Floogie
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron 365th Bomb Squadron 534th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 14 October 1943
- Date: 9 October 1943
- Date: 4 October 1943
- Date: 2 October 1943
- Date: 26 September 1943
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Killed in Action |
Germany | 14 October 1943 | |
Born |
Waltham, Massachusetts, USA | ||
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
14 October 1943 | ||
Buried |
Plot K Row 33 Grave 16 |
Revisions
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 1037 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1037 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database