Henry Bongiorno
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Associated person record.
Object Number - UPL 34328 - Henry Bongiorno, photo supplied by Stacey Bongiorno Wolfe and Family, Don Madar Collection
Sgt, 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. KIS 23 June 1943 when bombs loaded into B-17 #42-30024 "Caroline" exploded. 23 members of the 533rd BS were killed. Buried in the Brookwood Cemetery. Re-interred in the Belle Vernon Cemetery in North Belle Vernon, PA.
Charleroi, PA
Transferred from the 34th BG in Blythe, CA when the 533rd BS was activated on 3-Jan-1943.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- 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: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11095163
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15320732
- Highest Rank: Private First Class
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37249675
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13065542
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32357326
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Caroline
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Brookwood American Cemetery, Woking, Surrey, UK
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Dunlevy, PA | 14 January 1913 | |
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Enlisted |
Pittsburgh, PA, USA | 27 June 1942 | |
|
Based |
Ridgewell | 5 June 1943 - 23 June 1943 | |
|
Other Killed in Service |
Ridgewell, England - Station 167 | 23 June 1943 | Caroline Explosion |
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Buried |
Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial | 26 June 1943 | |
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Buried |
North Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, USA | Belle Vernon Cemetery Section 6 Lot 138H Grave 8 |
Revisions
All entries by ARowe95 are from:
381st BGMA
533rd Bomb Squadron War Diary
242nd Medical Detachment Diary
Fold.3
Find-A-Grave
NARA - Enlistment records
They Came from Over the Pond - David Osborne
The Mighty Men of the 381st - James Good Brown
Triumphant We Fly - Ken Stone
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999, Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 160, NARA / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
