Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 12 ga Nuwamba, 1942, yayin wani aiki a kan
A cikin mamayewar Arewacin Afirka, jirgin saman Buscaglia ya harbe shi da jirgin Spitfire na Burtaniya. An ayyana shi "an kashe shi a cikin aiki" kuma an ba shi lambar yabo ta Zinare ta Soja bayan mutuwarsa. Duk da haka, ko da yake ya ji rauni kuma ya ƙone sosai, Buscaglia ya tsira, bayan da sojojin Allied suka kama shi kuma aka tura shi zuwa sansanin fursunoni a Amurka a Fort Meade.