George B Dominick

Military

Assigned 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

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

Corporal Murray S. Pearl, of the 303rd Bomb Group, with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24565) nicknamed "Idaho Potato Peeler". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.’ [stamp], ‘Passed for Publication 28 Jan 1943. [stamp] and ‘245656.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Cpl. Murray S. Pearl, serving with the U.S.A.A.F in a bomber squadron, appreciates the heavy fur-lined jerkin issued to him, for, in private life, he was a fur manufacturer at 222 West 28th Stre
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Ramblin' Wreck : Idaho Potato Peeler
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
Staff Sergeant Richard C. Fortunak of the 303rd Bomb Group, checks his machine gun on his B-17 Flying Fortress. Passed for publication 25 Jan 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'How The Boys Live And Work At Flying Fortress Station In England. Wide World Photo Shows:- Staff Sgt. Richard C. Fortunak, 1260 West 17th Avenue, Gary, Ind., Waist Gunner in a Fortress, which he and his crew mates have named "Hoosier Kid", adjusts gun in his turret. WW/ALA. 26-1-43.' On reverse: Associated Press, US Army Press Cens
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The 8 Ball
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

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

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

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

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

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

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

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

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

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

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

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

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

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

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster