Dominick Joseph Manolio
Military
Jay Ossiander's Crew Photograph with names.
Object Number - UPL 40964 - Jay Ossiander's crew. L-R Back Row: Penrose Reagan, Angelo Virgona, George Clarke, Donald Rouse, Ancil Anderson, Tommy Higdon.
Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Damaged by flak and landed in Switzerland on 31-Jul-44 in B-17 42-107092 'Umbriago'. Interned (INT)
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-755401
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Freckles, Umbriago
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
West New York, NJ | 18 February 1921 | Son of Patrick Manolio. |
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Enlisted |
Newark, NJ | 30 July 1942 | Newark, New Jersey |
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Other Interned (INT) |
Switzerland | 31 July 1944 | Damaged by flak and landed in Switzerland on 31-Jul-44 in B-17 42-107092 'Umbriago'. Interned (INT) |
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Died |
Highland, NY | 24 June 2013 | Dominick J. Manolio, age 95, of Highland, NY passed away on Monday, June 24, 2013. He lived most of life in Fort Lee, residing in Wayne before moving to Highland. Mr. Manolio served as a lieutenant in the US Air Force during World War II. He received a BS from Rutgers University and a MA from Columbia University. Mr. Manolio was a teacher at Hoboken High School for 36 years and a football coach at Ferris High School in Jersey City. He was a member of Our Lady of Consolation R.C. Church, Wayne; the Hoboken Teachers Association and the Hudson County Football Coaches Association. He was the beloved husband of 64 years of Olga R. (Matera); loving father of one son; one daughter; devoted grandfather of three. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral Mass on Friday, June 28, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at Calvary Cemetery Chapel, 49-02 Laurel Hill Blvd, Woodside, NY. |
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Buried |
Calvary Cemetery, Laurel Hill Blvd, Woodside, NY | 28 June 2013 | Calvary Cemetery, Laurel Hill Blvd, Woodside, New York |
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Based |
Deenethorpe | 31 July 1944 | Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/675547802
https://www.fold3.com/record/85162041/dominick-j-manolio-wwii-army-enli…
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=3057
https://obits.nj.com/us/obituaries/jerseyjournal/name/dominick-manolio-…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/238051715/dominick-joseph-manolio
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7825 / MACR 7825,
href="http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=3057">http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=3057> / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database