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Casualty Info
Home Town Bay City-Galveston
Casualty Date Jun 24, 1944
Cause Non Hostile- Died while Missing
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location Italy
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Buried at Sea - N/A, Mediterranean Sea
On August 20, 1942, Twelfth Air Force was activated at Bolling AAF, Maryland. On September 23, 1942. Brigadier General Jimmy Doolittle formally assumed 12th AF command with Colonel Hoyt S. Vandenberg as chief of staff. Barely four months after it was conceived, 12th AF made its first contributions to World War II. When D-Day for the invasion of North Africa (Operation Torch) arrived on November 8, 1942
Other Memories The summer of 1943, Tresville was appointed commander of the 302nd Fighter Squadron for a short time, then was transferred to the 100th Fighter Squadron. He was appointed the 100th' Fighter Squadron's commander in December 1943, the same month the squadron deployed to Europe, and was promoted to captain. The 100th Fighter Squadron arrived in Italy on Jan. 29, 1944; Tresville led the first combat mission on Feb. 5.
