Dominic Lawrence Gaudiomonte
Military
Nancy A (Monte) Manley
Object Number - UPL 17316 - Dominic Lawrence Gaudiomonte (Monte): Born - 04/29/1920 - Died - 04-29-2011. My father and his family shortened their last name from Gaudiomonte to...
Co-pilot of B-17 #42-31498 'Passionate Witch II'.
Shot down 29 April 1944. MACR 4467
POW from 4/29/1944 to 4/29/1945.
Born 4/29/1920 - Died 4/29/2011.
As you can see from the dates my father was born 4/29. His aircraft was shot down on his 24th birthday and he was taken POW. He was released on his 25th birthday the following year. He died on his 91st birthday. So the date 4/29 is definitely significant to his life. In the 1950's he and his family decided to shorten their last name from Gaudiomonte to Monte. He was cremated and is interned (along with his wife, my mother, Alice) in Pinelawn Memorial Gardens, Long Island, NY.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Passionate Witch II
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 29 April 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
29 April 1920 | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
29 April 1944 - 29 April 1945 | ||
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Died |
29 April 2011 | ||
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Enlisted |
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Enlisted |
Revisions
An additional record for Dominic L Gaudiomonte was created on 11 August 2017 by user 'doloresann': https://www.americanairmuseum.com/user/36065
Dolores Baranowski is Gaudiomonte's daughter
2017-08-11Information from duplicate AAM File https://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/243188 was consolidated in this file.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4467 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database