George B Dominick
MilitaryAssigned to B-17F 41-24581"The '8' Ball", 303BG/359BS on 1-Jul-1942. Arrived aboard that aircraft at Molesworth, UK on 21-Oct-42. He only participated in 3 Operations with the 359BS (See Biography events). His final disposition has not been determined. Perhaps assigned to ground duties. No record that he was ever a combat casualty.
Connections
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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
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 12 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 23 November 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 22 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned to Aircraft |
Alamogordo, NM 88310, USA | 1 July 1942 | Assigned as the Bombardier of B-17F 41-24581 "The '8' Ball", 303BG/359BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico. |
Other Arrived in UK |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 21 October 1942 | Arrived at Molesworth as Bombardier on B-17F 41-24581 "The '8'Ball", 303BG/359BS |
Other Mission #1, 2LT George B. Dominick, w/B-17F 41-24581, 303BG/359BS - Aborted |
Lorient, France | 22 November 1942 | Served as Bombardier on B-17F 41-24581 "The '8' Ball", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France, but mechanical failures forced the Pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #2, 2LT George B. Dominick, w/B-17F 41-24581, 303BG/359BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 23 November 1942 | Served as Bombardier on B-17F 41-24581 "The '8' Ball", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK |
Other Mission #2, 2LT George B. Dominick, w/B-17F 41-24565, 303BG/359BS - FINAL |
Rouen, France | 12 December 1942 | Served as Bombardier on B-17F 41-24565 "Idaho Potato Peeler", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France, but mechanical failures forced the Pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK. This was his FINAL mission. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 13-Dec-2015. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 12-Dec--42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/006.pdf
Lee Cunningham 13-Dec-2015. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Rport of 22-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/004.pdf
Lee Cunningham 13-Dec-2015. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission REport of 22-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/003.pdf
Lee Cunningham 13-Dec-2015. Added Arrived in UK event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian: William R. Calhoun crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-359-calhoun.html
Lee Cunningham 13-Dec-2015. Added Assigned to Aircraft event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian: William R. Calhoun crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-359-calhoun.html
Lee Cunningham 13-Dec-2015. Added Summary Biography and made connections to all AIrcraft and mission participations per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, William F. Calhoun crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-359-calhoun.html
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster