Lewis K Nesselbush

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near Ottersberg on 20 Jun 44 in P-38 'Rabble Rouser' 42-67452

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Units served with

Major Henry Porter Plunk and a fellow airman of the 479th Fighter Group stand with Plunk's P-51 Mustang (9B-0, serial number 44-72516) nicknamed "Ambrosia".

436th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force

479th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Aircraft

42-67452

Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
Nicknames: Rabble Rouser
Unit: 479th Fighter Group 436th Fighter Squadron

Events

Event

Location

Date

Description

Born

Prisoner of war

Prisoner of War (POW)

20 June 1944

Revisions

Date16 Nov 2022 12:28:24

Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter

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Corrected aircraft nickname spelling.

Date2 Jun 2022 17:35:03

Contributorjmoore43

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Date2 Jun 2022 17:34:15

Contributorjmoore43

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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:19:17

ContributorAAM

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5967 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database