Harry Andrew Nock

Military

Assigned to 513FS, 406FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) armed recon to Avranches, in P-47 42-76416 4-Jul-44; shot down by FW190 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6356



Awards: AM (4OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 359th Fighter Group 406th Fighter Group 370th Fighter Squadron 513th Fighter Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Ashford airfield. Photograph taken by the 34th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron of the 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group on 11 May 1944, sortie number US/34GR/LOC14. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: RAF Ashford

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Allen County, OH 26 August 1919 Son of Andrew P and Callie Beatrice [Morehead] Nook.

Enlisted

Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 15 May 1942 Patterson Field, Fairfield, Ohio

Died

Vicinity Avranches, France 4 July 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) armed recon to Avranches, in P-47 42-76416 4-Jul-44; shot down by FW190 KIA MACR 6356

Buried

Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial St. James, France Plot D Row 8 Grave 10

Based

Ashford 4 July 1944 Assigned to 513FS, 406FG, 9AF USAAF.