Walter Joseph Ambrogetti

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed on Mission (KOM) on 17-Sep-44. Plane exploded on take-off. Plane was B-17 42-97872

"Rosie's Sweat Box". Cpl. Walter J. Ambrogetti survived the crash but died later the same day of his wounds



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Rosie's Sweat Box
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Klamath Falls, OR 5 March 1923 Son of Tomasso A. Ambrogetti and Rosa Pedersen.

Enlisted

Portland, OR 24 September 1943 Portland, Oregon

Died

Deenethorpe, UK 17 September 1944

Buried

Cambridge American Cemetery 18 September 1944 Interred Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot F Row 3 Grave 74

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Mighty Eighth Combat Chronology Supplement, 1942-45; p. 161.,

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