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Anthony A Cassetta

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Anthony A Cassetta Veteran

Birth
Massachusetts, USA
Death
21 Sep 1943 (aged 22)
Dalhart, Dallam County, Texas, USA
Burial
Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Place of death per death certificate:
Hartley County, Texas

Second Lieutenant Cassetta served with the 333rd Bomb Group, 468th Bomb Squadron as a Navigator. He was one of six airmen killed when the B-17F Flying Fortress #42-30905 crashed, eight miles southwest of the Dalhart Army Air Base, Texas. Also killed were: 2nd Lt. Willard Blatz, 2nd Lt. Roy M. Chase, 2nd Lt. Wister A. Fox, Sgt. Albert Sharf Av.Cadet John E. Savoie.

*** Thank you to Tim Cook (#46481904)for this additional information ***
Place of death per death certificate:
Hartley County, Texas

Second Lieutenant Cassetta served with the 333rd Bomb Group, 468th Bomb Squadron as a Navigator. He was one of six airmen killed when the B-17F Flying Fortress #42-30905 crashed, eight miles southwest of the Dalhart Army Air Base, Texas. Also killed were: 2nd Lt. Willard Blatz, 2nd Lt. Roy M. Chase, 2nd Lt. Wister A. Fox, Sgt. Albert Sharf Av.Cadet John E. Savoie.

*** Thank you to Tim Cook (#46481904)for this additional information ***

Inscription

CASSETTA
LT Anthony A Cassetta
Navigator 468th Bomb Sqdr. U.S.A.A.C.
Born December 31, 1920 - Died at Dalhart,
Texas, September 21, 1943
1896 Father Salvatore 1975
1899 Mother Palma 1978



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