Dominick N Lazzaro

Military

Shot down on 16 February 1943 in B-17F 42-5058 'Hun Hunter' while serving as Navigator. Aircraft was shot down by fighters on mission to St. Nazaire, France and crashed near Morlac, France. He was able to bale out and was captured as Prisoner of War (POW).

Dominick's death was reported in Vol 85 Can Do Notes

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

B-17 Flying Fortresses lined up in Newfoundland before travelling to the European Theatre of Operations. B-17 (serial number 42-5058) nicknamed "Hun Hunter" would join the 305th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: ''Hun Hunter.' 305BG. Gander, Newfoundland, en route. 24/10/42. PRC Photo.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hun Hunter
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Moosburg, Germany 16 February 1943 - 1 June 1945 Held at Stalag 7A, Moosburg, Bavaria. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 1-Jun-45.

Born

Revisions

Date
ContributorHelen
Changes
Sources

Vol 85 No 3 Can Do Notes

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 20-Feb-2015. Corrected SN per MACR 15497; Added POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; Made connections to Decorations, Place and Mission within existing website data; Added crew position and loss information to Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15477 / MACR 15477, 3 Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 78 with a picture of the plane. NARA webs site records of POWs. / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database