Frank served in the US Air Force from 1943 to 1945 and flew fifty bombing missions over Germany, Austria, Italy and France including the final bombing campaigns against Berlin and Vienna. He actually flew a bombing mission over Berlin on the day Germany surrendered. He was a Tech Sergeant in 376th Bomber Group, 515th Squadron (Satan’s Kids) stationed for the most part in Lecce Italy. During the war he was awarded two Air Medals with Oak Leaf Clusters, three Unit Citations and the Good Conduct Medal. Later he received another medal by the governor of New York. All his missions were flown in a B-24 Liberator. Frank Desiderio is 86 years old and lives in Brooklyn New York.
