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Salvatore A. Meli
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First Lieutenant
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United States Air Force
Date of Death:
1956-11-14
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Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Michigan
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Salvatore Angelo Meli was born on February 27, 1929. He was the son of Angelo Meli and Vincenza DiMercurio Meli.
On November 14, 1956, shortly before noon, something went wrong for 1st Lt. Salvatore Angelo Meli while en route to what is now Ramstein Air Base after a training mission. His F-86D Sabre veered low over the primary school and houses along the main street of Schopp, his engine making a loud strange noise. Meli made it over the houses before the plane crashed into a tree by the road and exploded. Some houses were damaged by burning debris but no one on the ground was killed. 1LT Meli is now buried in the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, Oakland County, Michigan, USA.