World War II Pilot Identified 75 Years After His Death As Pittsburgh Man

WASHINGTON D.C. (KDKA) — A pilot that was killed in Italy during World War II was identified as a Pittsburgh man.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Thursday that Army 1st. Lt. Herschel H. Mattes, 22, was accounted for July 29, 2019, after his death in early 1944.
The release said Mattes was a pilot assigned to the 525th Fighter-Bober Squadron, 86th Fighter-Bomber Group. He was participating in an armed reconnaissance mission on March 6, 1944, when his aircraft was shot down b