Name:
Rocco R. Brangiforte
Rank:
Sergeant
Serial Number:
11087802
Unit:
Headquarters, US Air Force, Mediterranean
Date of Death:
1945-02-06
State:
Massachusetts
Cemetery:
Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose, Massachusetts
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Rocco R. Brangiforte was born on March 10, 1919, in Boston, Massachusetts. He served in the Headquarters, US Air Force, Mediterranean, as a Sergeant and Machine Gunner on the B-25 #43-3450 during World War II. He was Killed in Action on February 6, 1945, when his airplane crashed in the woods near Chatel-Montagne in France. His flight has originated in Italy, and around 2:30 PM, his aircraft experienced mechanical failure leading to a crash. All men aboard the plane were killed in this incident.
Sgt Bangiforte is now buried in the Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA.
Source of information: www.findagrave.com, francecrashes39-45.net