Albert T Niccolai

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 35161

First Lt. Niccolai was the pilot of a P-47 aircraft (#42-8636) leading a bomber formation from Holland to Münster, Germany. His aircraft was shot down by an ME109 while attacking another ME109 and crashed in Twist, Germany, at the border with the Netherlands. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Aircraft

P-47 42-8636 Luzon with pilot Albert T. Niccolai and groundcrew
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Luzon
  • Unit: 359th Fighter Group 370th Fighter Squadron

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Born

Kenosha, Wisconsin 9 June 1916

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Killed in Action (KIA)

49767 Twist, Germany 24 February 1944 Crash site: 52°40'0.92"N 7° 6'25.11"E

Buried

Kenosha, WI, USA Interment of remains in the St. James Cemetery, Kenosha, WI.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2680 / MACR 2680, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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