World War II Honoree

Bartolomeo Zanotto

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Michigan

Honored By

John Meurs

Relationship

Historian

STAFF SERGEANT. SERVICE NUMBER 3685602. BALL TURRET GUNNER WITH THE 91ST BOMB GROUP, 324TH BOMB SQUADRON OF THE 8TH U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE BASED IN ENGLAND. ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1944, HIS AIRCRAFT, THE B-17G, SERIAL NUMBER 42-31515, WAS SHOT DOWN BY GERMAN FIGHTERS ON A MISSION TO THE ALTENBEKEN RAILROAD VIADUCT IN GERMANY. 4 MEMBERS OF THE CREW COULD SAVE THEMSELVES BY PARACHUTE. THE 5 OTHER AIRMEN, AMONG THEM, HONOREE, DIED DURING THE ATTACK OR IN THE CRASH OF HIS AIRCRAFT.