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| Lt. Haorld Nussman posses next to a previous P-47 he flew. http://hjmarseille.tumblr.com/page/2 |
Harold C. Nussman never had a chance to reach 100 years old today. Instead, he sacrificed his life for our freedom.
He was born on April 23, 1917 in North Carolina. His parents were also both born in North Carolina. His father was a brick burner manager and later a carpenter. Harold had an older brother and an older sister, plus a younger brother and a younger sister. By 1940 he had completed high school and was working as a motor vehicle mechanic.
He was still living at home with his parents when he decided to enlist in the Army Air Corps on July 28, 1941 as a private. Over the next few years he advanced in ranks to 1st lieutenant. He was in the 328th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group, 8th Air Force and flew P-47 Thunderbolts.
On February 8, 1944 Lt. Nussman was flying his P-47 Blondie with four other P-47s in escort of a disabled B-17 returning from a mission to Frankfurt when four German FW-190s surprised them from out of the sun. His plane, and three others, were shot down and crashed near ChaCharlesville-Mezieres in France. Lt. Nussman and the other three P-47 pilots were all killed.
His remains were returned to be buried at Salisbury National Cemetery in North Carolina.
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