Robert Charles Frascotti
Military
Object Number - UPL 72032 - 1st Lt Robert C. Frascotti
Assigned to 486FS, 352BG, 8AF USAAF. Killed in Action (KIA) on D-Day when he hit the control tower on take off from Bodney. This was to be his 89th and last mission, as he was scheduled to rotate home.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), EAME (2BS), PH
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Umbriago
- Unit: 486th Fighter Squadron 352nd Fighter Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
13 February 1923 | BornMilford, Massachusetts | |
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Enlisted |
13 February 1942 | ||
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Training |
25 March 1943 | Received commission and wingsMarianna, Florida | |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
6 June 1944 | Killed in Action (KIA)Bodney Airfield | |
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Buried |
12 August 1948 | Re-InterredSacred Heart CemeteryMilford, Massachusetts |
Revisions
Updated the summary bio based the "Aviation Trail" story about Robert Frascotti's mission on 6/6/1944.
Added burial year per data found at "https://aviationtrails.wordpress.com".
Updated birth/death records per Find-a-grave MEMORIAL ID 143603900.
Combat Chronology, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 360 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
