In Memory Of

NUSSEY, ALBERT DE WET

Service Details
Age:
19
Date of Birth:
1924-09-07
Service No:
328728V
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
150 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1944-04-21
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
I. E. 6.
Cemetery:
SALERNO WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
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