Mission: Fighter Escort for Airborne Assault
Date: 17th September 1944
Unit: 335th FS, 4th FG.
Type: P-51B
Serial No. 43-6841
Coded: WD-J
Location: Hoxfeld Germany.
Pilot: Lt Nicholas W Vozzy. 0-707754. Killed. (Age 22)
Date: 17th September 1944
Unit: 335th FS, 4th FG.
Type: P-51B
Serial No. 43-6841
Coded: WD-J
Location: Hoxfeld Germany.
Pilot: Lt Nicholas W Vozzy. 0-707754. Killed. (Age 22)
REASON FOR LOSS:
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The 4th Fighter Group were flying as cover for the airborne invasion to Wesel, Germany, when the squadron was jumped from behind by Fw190’s, two aircraft were hit and went down. Nicholas’s aircraft crashed at Hoxfeld. MACR 8984.
Burial Details:
American War Cemetery, Ardennes.
Plot B, Row 38, Grave 15.
Research compiled by David King. Acknowledgments: Fold 3, A.B.M.C.