Bruno Gaido

Bruno Gaido
Ilustracja
Przecięty skrzydłem bombowca G3M kadłub SBD
Aviation machinist's mate 1st class Aviation machinist's mate 1st class
Data i miejsce urodzenia

1916
Staunton

Data i miejsce śmierci

15 czerwca 1942
Pacyfik

Przebieg służby
Lata służby

1940–1942

Siły zbrojne

United States Navy United States Navy

Jednostki

VS-6

Główne wojny i bitwy

Wojna na Pacyfiku †:
rajd na Wyspy Marshalla
bitwa pod Midway

Odznaczenia
Zaszczytny Krzyż Lotniczy (Stany Zjednoczone) Presidential Unit Citation - baretka marynarki American Defense Service Medal Medal Kampanii Amerykańskiej (USA) Medal Medal Kampanii Azji-Pacyfiku (USA) Medal Zwycięstwa w II Wojnie Światowej (USA)

Bruno Peter Gaido (ur. 1916 w Staunton, zm. 15 czerwca 1942 na Pacyfiku) – amerykański lotnik, żołnierz marynarki wojennej, członek załogi – strzelec, obserwator – bombowca nurkującego Douglas SBD Dauntless eskadry VS-6, uczestnik rajdu na wyspy Marshalla i Gilberta oraz bitwy pod Midway. Wsławiony zestrzeleniem z karabinu maszynowego tylnego strzelca stojącego na pokładzie USS „Enterprise” bombowca SBD Dauntless, zmierzającego do ataku samobójczego bombowca Mitsubishi G3M. Prawdopodobnie zestrzelony podczas powrotu z ataku VS-6 na japońskie lotniskowce podczas bitwy pod Midway, zginął jako jeniec wojenny zamordowany przez Japończyków z niszczycielaMakigumo”.

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A damaged U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-2 Dauntless of bombing squadron VB-6 on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6), 1 February 1942. Withdrawing after launching an attack against Kwajalein, Enterprise was attacked by five Japanese Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" land-based bombers. Manning the flexible rear machine gun on an SBD-2 of bombing squadron VB-6, AMM Bruno Gaido attempted to help fight off the attackers. The wing of one of the disabled bombers severed the tail of Gaido's Dauntless, spreading burning gasoline across the deck before crashing into the ocean. For his heroism, Gaido was promoted and assigned duty as an aircrewman. Gaido was shot down with his pilot Ensign Frank W. O'Flaherty on 4 June 1942 and later picked up by the Japanese destroyer Makigumo. Circa 8-9 June both were murdered as they were tied to water-filled gasoline drums and dumped overboard.
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