Corgnati Emilio Maurice

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Emilio Maurice Corgnati is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

B-17 42-37963 and 42-31370 Memorial

Name:

Emilio Maurice Corgnati

Rank:

Staff Sergeant

Serial Number:

11009774

Unit:

550th Bomber Squadron, 385th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Death:

1944-02-21

State:

Massachusetts

Cemetery:

Cambridge American Cemetery, United Kingdom

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Comments:

Emilio Maurice Corgnati was born on October 2, 1915, in Springfield, Massachusetts. He served in the 550th Bomber Squadron, 385th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Staff Sergeant and Left Waist Gunner on the B-17 #42-31370 during World War II. On February 21, 1944, bombers were returning to the 385th Bomber Group's base at Great Ashfield, England, from a raid on targets in Germany. 1Lt Pease, pilot of the B-17 #42-37963, lost control of his airplane in the clouds and collided with his airplane in a formation. Both aircraft crashed into the marshes at Reedham, and all of the crew members of both airplanes were killed.

SSgt Corgnati is now buried in the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom.