Leonard J Fornaro
Military ROLL OF HONOURFind-A-Grave
BTG, Martin crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 22 June 1943 in B-17 #42-30021. Mission #1 - Antwerp, Belgium. First 533rd BS loss. MACR 160. Killed in Action (KIA). The aircraft crashed into the River Scheldt, Eastern Scheldt Tidal Basin near Krabbendijke, Belgium. Buried in the Baltimore National Cemetery.
Baltimore, MD
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-736012
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-342 (19012735)
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-664425 (13027302)
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32143277
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
Missions
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Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
West Virginia | 3 January 1920 | |
Enlisted |
Baltimore, Maryland, USA | 25 September 1941 | |
Other Killed in Action |
Krabbendijke, Belgium | 22 June 1943 | |
Based |
Ridgewell | 22 June 1943 | |
Buried |
Baltimore, Maryland, USA | Baltimore National Cemetery Section D Site 3809 |
Revisions
All entries by ARowe95 are from:
381st BGMA
533rd Bomb Squadron War Diary
242nd Medical Detachment Diary
MACR 160
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
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 160 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 160 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database