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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Pietro R. Fragale

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Clarksburg, West Virginia

Honored By

Larry E. Carpenter

Relationship

Aviation Historian

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Activity During WWII

SERVED AS A AVIATION CADET STUDENT PILOT IN A TB-25C 'MITCHELL' TRAINER BOMBER, WHO WAS KILLED NOVEMBER 8, 1944 ALONG WITH THE AVIATION CADET STUDENT COPILOT WHILE PERFORMING A NIGHTTIME NAVIGATION TRAINING MISSION. THE BOMBER CRASHED AT THE LA JUNTA ARMY AIR FIELD, LA JUNTA, COLORADO DURING AN EMERGENCY FORCED LANDING.