World War II Honoree

Salvatore L. Alessi

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Rochester, New York

Honored By

Gena Lynn Alessi Coe

Relationship

Grandchild

NOVEMBER 1943-SEPTEMBER 1945: COMMISSIONED FLIGHT OFFICER AND FIRST LIEUTENANT IN THE ARMY AIR FORCE. FLEW 98 MISSIONS AND WAS NOTABLY RECOGNIZED WHILE PILOTING HIS P-47 FIGHTER PLANE DURING HIS THUNDERBIRD SQUADRON'S DOWNING AND DISABLING OF 6 HEINKEL III PLANES IN FRANCE. DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS: EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN RIBBON, 4 STARS, AIR MEDAL, 17 OAK LEAF CLUSTERS, DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS.