Service Details
Name:
 NUSSEY
Given Name:
 ALBERT DE WET
Initials:
 A D W
Service No:
 328728V
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 150 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-04-21
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Date of Birth:
 1924-09-07
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Wellington LN385, took off Amendola in Puglia, on a bombing run to Porto Santo Stefano in Tuscany. On his return from the operation, near the coast of Salerno, the bomber had to undergo an air strike. At 23:23 the report states that a request was heard coming from the plane of MD-Q LN385. It was heard again weakly at 01:06 on April 22, after which radio contact was lost
Additional
Information:
Son of Brigadier-General Albert Henry Mortimer Nussey and Bridget Catherine Maria Teresa (nee Kelly) Nussey, of Potchefstroom, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Klerksdorp
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 SALERNO WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 I. E. 6.

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