As many know, Akagi, Soryu and Hiryu would also be sunk that day.Can you imagine what being a rear gunner in a WWII dive bomber must have been like? The loss of fuel was a calamity for O'Flaherty and his radio-gunner Bruno P. Gaido because all of the SBDs involved in the attack on Akagi and Kaga had been a long time in the air and were already low on fuel. SPOILER ALERT!Bruno Peter Gaido entered the service in 1940 with his last home of record as Milwaukee, WI. Quite the contrary; Admiral William “Bull” Halsey had him brought to the bridge, where he summarily ordered him promoted to Aviation Machinist Mate FIRST Class.Spring forward to June 4, 1942 and Bruno Gaido was in the rear of Ensign Frank O’Flaherty’s Dauntless as they dove on the IJN Carrier Kaga when Bombing and Scouting 6 from Enterprise sent her to the bottom. They were part of the attack on the Japanese carrier Kaga led by Lieutenant Commander C. Wade McClusky. Scene on the Enterprise’s flight deck, 1 February. Generations of sacrifice and service. The Japanese bomber barely missed the flight deck, its wingtip cut the tail off Gaido’s Dauntless, and spun the parked aircraft.Vice Admiral William F. Halsey, the task group commander spot-promoted Gaido to Aircraft Machinist Mate First Class for his skill and heroism. Therefore, I recommend “I’ve seen most war movies and Midway (2019) is in my top 10.” Check out my As the bomber grew closer, Aviation Machinist Mate Third Class Bruno Peter Gaido springs from the catwalk surround the flight deck and runs to a nearby SBD Dauntless Diver Bomber. He began firing at the enemy plane, maintaining the fire into it’s cockpit even as it’s wing slices the rear of the SBD away mere inches from him. H-Gram 004, Attachment 5 Samuel J. Cox, Director NHHC 29 March 2017. The ship was sunk during the Guadalcanal campaign and none of the officers responsible for the murder survived the war.Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:This is a text widget, which allows you to add text or HTML to your sidebar. The officers of the destroyer, angered by the loss they had witnessed of the Japanese carriers, interrogated and tortured the American airmen. The people who saw the incident credited Gaido with keeping the Enterprise from being hit in the close call.On June 4, 1942 at the Battle of Midway, Gaido was the radioman/gunner in Ensign Frank O’Flaherty’s Dauntless assigned to Scouting Squadron 6 (VS-6). The Japanese claimed to have gotten useful information from them about the defenses of Midway Island, but the two provided nothing of value regarding the U.S. carriers. None of the responsible Japanese officers survived the war, so there was no war crime prosecution.Aviation Machinist Mate First Class Bruno Peter Gaido stands in the unbroken line of patriots who have dared to die so that freedom might live and grow and increase its blessings. I consider myself a storyteller so I understand and appreciate the need to adapt actual events for a movie. Edit them in the Widget section of the Aviation Machinist Mate First Class Bruno P. Gaido is an American hero who will be portrayed in the upcoming movie Midway by Nick Jonas. Gaido’s fire into the low-flying bomber’s cockpit caused it to lose control. Freedom lives, and through it, he lives — in a way that humbles the undertakings of most men.The early written accounts from both Japanese and American sources had inaccuracies that besmirched nearly all history published before 2005. Our core focus is on the decades spanning World War I through the Vietnam War. Gaido's shipmates later said that it was Gaido's fire that brought the plane down, thus potentially saving the Enterprise from serious damage. After the Japanese decided that O’Flaherty and Gaido were of no more value, the two were bound with ropes, weighted down, thrown from the destroyer, and drowned. AMM1/C Bruno P. Gaido (left) portrayed by Nick Jonas (right). Giordano Bruno (/ dʒ ɔːr ˈ d ɑː n oʊ ˈ b r uː n oʊ /, Italian: [dʒorˈdaːno ˈbruːno]; Latin: Iordanus Brunus Nolanus; born Filippo Bruno, January or February 1548 – 17 February 1600) was an Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician, poet, cosmological theorist, and Hermetic occultist. Sandbags ensured proper weight and balance. The lead plane however, attempts to crash into the aircraft carrier. Ensign O’Flaherty and Aircraft Machinist Mate Gaido were found and captured by the crew of the Japanese destroyer Makigumo. On June 4, 1942, during the Battle of Midway, Gaido was the gunner in Ensign O'Flaherty's Dauntless. The fifth, piloted by Lieutenant Kazuo Nakai, was badly damaged and returned in an attempt to crash onto the Enterprise and inflict damage. The aircraft in the background are Douglass SBD-3 Dauntless scout/dive bombers (NH 50941).