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1Lt Vincent J Massa

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1Lt Vincent J Massa

Birth
Death
10 Jun 1944 (aged 19)
Le Bosc-Renoult, Departement de l'Orne, Basse-Normandie, France
Burial
Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Add to Map
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Plot G Row 20 Grave 14
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First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Service # O-811949
83rd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

1st Lt Vincent J. Massa, pilot of the P-47 Thunderbolt 43-25319, took off from station 357 in Duxford, Cambridgeshire, UK on a bombing mission over Rennes. Separated by clouds, the formations regrouped after crossing the Channel, but Massa was not among them. He was shot down by German fighters at 1430. It was his 44th mission.
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Service # O-811949
83rd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

1st Lt Vincent J. Massa, pilot of the P-47 Thunderbolt 43-25319, took off from station 357 in Duxford, Cambridgeshire, UK on a bombing mission over Rennes. Separated by clouds, the formations regrouped after crossing the Channel, but Massa was not among them. He was shot down by German fighters at 1430. It was his 44th mission.

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Entered the service from New Jersey.

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