Norbert Albert Wessel

Military

Service ended 26 September 1944.



DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-52508) nicknamed "Libra ?" of the 486th Bomb Group. The nose art was painted by the artist Phillip S Brinkman.

42-52508

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Libra
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron 834th Bomb Squadron 857th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Buffalo, New York 19 April 1921

Died

10 February 1990

Buried

White Chapel Cemetery, Amherst, New York

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / relative