Harold Joseph Rocketto

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Harold Rocketto UPL 60900 UPL 60900 2nd Lt Harold J. Rocketto

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Object Number - UPL 60900 - 2nd Lt Harold J. Rocketto

Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Killed in Action (KIA) on B-17 42-6064 'Star Dust' piloted by Lt. William C. Fort. On his first mission as a substitute navigator, he was killed instantly when hit by a 20mm shell.

Part of the B-17 crew that overflew the 1943 world series final en route to Presque Isle Airfield, MN.

 

Awards: PH.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

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

People

William Clarence Fort

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14066597 / O-796359
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 303rd Bomb Group line up for take off. A B-17 (VK-I, serial number 42-3064) nicknamed "Yankee Doodle Dandy" is bringing up the rear. First handwritten caption on reverse of print: '27/8/43.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: 'VK-I. 8/9/43.' On reverse: 'Confidential Until Re-Classified By Censor' [Stamp].

42-3064

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Stardust
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

New York City, New York 20 January 1916 Born New York City, New York

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

Bremen, Germany 26 November 1943 Killed in Action (KIA) on 1st mission to Bremen, Germany.

Buried

Brookwood American Cemetery, Brookwood, Woking, UK 27 November 1943 Interred Brookwood American Cemetery

Buried

New York, New York Re-Interred New York, location unknown

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http://www.303rdbg.com/photo-gallery23.html

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/223677170/harold-joseph-rocketto

http://www.303rdbg.com/outfieldfly.html

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Added " / " in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Combat Chronology, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 513, 303rd web site / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Harold Rocketto

Object number: UPL 60900 - 2nd Lt Harold J. Rocketto