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NISBET, Richard Hugh "Buster" - Date of
birth
5 December 1921 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
West Virginia -
Hometown
Logan County, West Virginia
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
15056572 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Radio Operator -
Unit
534th Bombardment Squadron,
381st Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
6 March 1944 - Place of
death
Between Niederlehme and Wernsdorf, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
William Nisbet (father)
Maud A. (Chambers) Nisbet (mother)
James W. Nisbet (brother)
Mary A. Nisbet (sister)
Osa T. Nisbet (sister)
Iona R. (Burgess) Nisbet (wife)
Gerald R. Nisbet (son)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-31553 -
Data
Type: B-17 G
Nickname: Myer's Flaw
Destination: Erkner, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Vereinigte Kugellagerfabriken (VKF) - ball bearings plant
MACR: 3241
More information
S/Sgt Richard H. Nisbett attended high school for four years and worked in an automobile factory.He joined the Regular Army at Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky on 21 September 1940. He was wounded by flak in December, 1943 and returned to duty in January, 1945. For this action, he was awarded his first Purple Heart.
The airplane was attacked by fighters during the bomb run, setting it on fire. It left formation and the most of the crew bailed out before it crashed.
Five crew members survived and were taken prisoner, five were killed.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - pjcozymck