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2LT Rosario Ferlita

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2LT Rosario Ferlita Veteran

Birth
Death
22 Jul 1945 (aged 20)
Isle of Wight County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, USA Add to Map
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Second Lieutenant Ferlita served with the 3539 Base Unit at Langley Field, Virginia. He was killed in service when B-24M Liberator #44-51522 crashed, due to engine failure, about three miles west of Newport News, across the James River in Isle of Wight County.

Ten other airmen perished:

2nd Lt. Raymond L Ferriman, pilot
1st Lt. Charles L Goerke
2nd Lt. Donald E Fisher
2nd Lt. Hugh E Leonard
Flt. Off. Frank C DeMartino
Flt. Off. William D Showalter
S/Sgt. Ralph E Forney
Sgt. Walter Brown
Sgt. Keith T Hansen
Cpl. Wesley Faulkner
Second Lieutenant Ferlita served with the 3539 Base Unit at Langley Field, Virginia. He was killed in service when B-24M Liberator #44-51522 crashed, due to engine failure, about three miles west of Newport News, across the James River in Isle of Wight County.

Ten other airmen perished:

2nd Lt. Raymond L Ferriman, pilot
1st Lt. Charles L Goerke
2nd Lt. Donald E Fisher
2nd Lt. Hugh E Leonard
Flt. Off. Frank C DeMartino
Flt. Off. William D Showalter
S/Sgt. Ralph E Forney
Sgt. Walter Brown
Sgt. Keith T Hansen
Cpl. Wesley Faulkner


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