The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that U.S. Army Air Forces Captain Nando A. Cavalieri, 24, of Cook County, Illinois, killed during World War II, was accounted for July 27, 2021.
Suggested edit from Contributor(47014817)
His remains have now been moved. He is interred at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Bombardier Captain Nando A. Cavalieri MIA/KIA accounted for
Entered the service from Illinois.
Squadron: 324th Bomb Sq 91st Bomb Gp
Service ID: O-769257.
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Lt/Col. Marvin D. Lord Command Pilot KIA
1st/Lt. Frank L. Adams Pilot MIA/KIA
MACR # 12232
Target: Berlin Marshalling yards
Mission Date: 3-Feb-45
Serial Number: # 42-97632
Aircraft Model B-17G-20-VE
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location: over target Berlin
Cause: Flak crew of 7 KIA 3MIA/KIA
Remarks: 324th squadron furnished the lead squadron of the group in a great air assault against the Reich capital, Berlin, two A/C were lost in the group on this mission and both unfortunately were from 324th squadron.
The lead ship was hit over the target by a direct burst of flak and was reported breaking into two pieces, the split coming about in the mid-section of the A/C. Four chutes were reported leaving the ship. This lead crew was a loss to the group and squadron of highly trained personnel.
# 42-97632 Crew
Lt/Col. Marvin D. Lord Command Pilot KIA
1st/Lt. Frank L. Adams Pilot MIA/KIA
Captain Norman L. Whelan Mk Navigator KIA
1st/Lt. Stanley Sweitzer Navigator KIA
Captain Nando A. Cavalieri Bombardier MIA/KIA
1st/Lt. Arthur C. Ebarb Observer KIA
2nd/Lt. Donald J. Shoemaker Engineer KIA
T/Sgt J. P. Holbrook Radio Op. KIA
T/Sgt J. P. Holbrook Radio Op. KIA
T/Sgt David C. McCall Gunner KIA
T/Sgt. George R. Zenz Gunner MIA/KIA
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that U.S. Army Air Forces Captain Nando A. Cavalieri, 24, of Cook County, Illinois, killed during World War II, was accounted for July 27, 2021.
Suggested edit from Contributor(47014817)
His remains have now been moved. He is interred at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Bombardier Captain Nando A. Cavalieri MIA/KIA accounted for
Entered the service from Illinois.
Squadron: 324th Bomb Sq 91st Bomb Gp
Service ID: O-769257.
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Lt/Col. Marvin D. Lord Command Pilot KIA
1st/Lt. Frank L. Adams Pilot MIA/KIA
MACR # 12232
Target: Berlin Marshalling yards
Mission Date: 3-Feb-45
Serial Number: # 42-97632
Aircraft Model B-17G-20-VE
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location: over target Berlin
Cause: Flak crew of 7 KIA 3MIA/KIA
Remarks: 324th squadron furnished the lead squadron of the group in a great air assault against the Reich capital, Berlin, two A/C were lost in the group on this mission and both unfortunately were from 324th squadron.
The lead ship was hit over the target by a direct burst of flak and was reported breaking into two pieces, the split coming about in the mid-section of the A/C. Four chutes were reported leaving the ship. This lead crew was a loss to the group and squadron of highly trained personnel.
# 42-97632 Crew
Lt/Col. Marvin D. Lord Command Pilot KIA
1st/Lt. Frank L. Adams Pilot MIA/KIA
Captain Norman L. Whelan Mk Navigator KIA
1st/Lt. Stanley Sweitzer Navigator KIA
Captain Nando A. Cavalieri Bombardier MIA/KIA
1st/Lt. Arthur C. Ebarb Observer KIA
2nd/Lt. Donald J. Shoemaker Engineer KIA
T/Sgt J. P. Holbrook Radio Op. KIA
T/Sgt J. P. Holbrook Radio Op. KIA
T/Sgt David C. McCall Gunner KIA
T/Sgt. George R. Zenz Gunner MIA/KIA
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