1Lt Vincent James Massa Veteran

Birth: 15 Oct 1924
Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, USA
Death: 10 Jun 1944 (aged 19)
Le Bosc-Renoult, Departement de l'Orne, Basse-Normandie, France
Burial: Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial

Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Add to Map
Plot: Plot G Row 20 Grave 14
Memorial ID: 56647347 View Source

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, son of Francesco Paolo and Anna Buontempo of Garwood, Union, New Jersey, USA. Pilot of the P-47 Thunderbolt 43-25319, 78th Fighter Group 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

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Entered the service from New Jersey.

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Frances P Massa Petrozziello

1926–2006

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1Lt Vincent James Massa Veteran

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