CAVALIERI; NANDO A
UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES
WORLD WAR II
IL
Individual Type Accounted For
Rank Capt
Service Number O-769257
Location Germany
Date of Loss 2/03/1945
Unit 324 BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON 91 BOMBARDMENT GROUP (HEAVY)
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On July 27, 2021, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Captain Nando Angelo Cavalieri, missing from World War II.

Captain Cavalieri entered the U.S. Army Air Forces from Illinois and served in the 324th Bombardment Squadron, 91st Bombardment Group. On February 3, 1945, B-17G Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97632) carrying ten crew members departed Army Air Forces Station 121 in Bassingbourne, England, on a bombing mission over Berlin, Germany. While over the target, the aircraft was hit by flak, causing it to explode and break apart midair. Historical evidence linked one set of unidentified remains recovered from Germany to CPT Cavalieri. The Department of Defense and American Battle Monuments Commission exhumed this set of remains from the Ardennes American Cemetery in June 2018 and transferred custody to the DPAA laboratory. Laboratory analysis and the totality of the circumstantial evidence available confirmed that the remains were those of CPT Cavalieri.

Captain Cavalieri is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten.

https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/2716072/airman-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-cavalieri-n/

Press Release | Aug. 2, 2021

Airman Accounted For From World War II (Cavalieri, N.)

WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Air Forces Capt. Nando A. Cavalieri, 24, killed during World War II, was accounted for July 27, 2021.

In February 1945, Cavalieri was assigned to 324th Bombardment Squadron, 91st Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force in the European Theater. On Feb. 3, B-17G Flying Fortress bomber, on which he was serving as bombardier, flying a mission over Berlin when it was struck by enemy anti-aircraft fire. The plane broke into two pieces in the air and crashed. Cavalieri’s bomber was one of 21 bombers to be lost during the mission. German forces reportedly recovered his body and ID tags after the crash and buried him in Döberitz, Germany, on Feb. 7.

Following the end of the war, the American Graves Registration Command (AGRC) was tasked with investigating and recovering missing American personnel in Europe. They recovered all of the American remains buried in Döberitz, but were unable to identify Cavalieri. He was declared non-recoverable on Oct. 23, 1951.

For additional information on the Defense Department’s

mission to account for Americans who went missing while serving our

country, visit the DPAA website at www.dpaa.mil, find us on social media

at www.facebook.com/dodpaa or

https://www.linkedin.com/company/defense-pow-mia-accounting-agency.

Nando A Cavalceri