Norman Bussel

Military

Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-17 42-102479, Prisoner of War (POW).



Flying out of Rattlesden, England on April 29, 1944, he was shot down over Berlin with four of his crew losing their lives. He was interned in Stalag Luft III. In February 1945, as Russian troops advanced, he was among the Prisoner of War (POW)s the Germans moved by boxcar to a camp at Nuremberg to avoid liberation. As American forces closed in on Nuremberg, he was then moved to Moosburg, in Bavaria, and ultimately liberated by General Patton's tank corps on April 29, 1945.



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.

447th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-102479

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mississippi Lady
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Memphis, Tennessee, USA 2 October 1923 Born Memphis, Tennessee

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 29 April 1944 Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Contributorjmoore43
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Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4255 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database