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  F6F-3 Hellcat Bureau Number 43041  
USN
USS Wasp
VF-14 "Iron Eagles"

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via Terrence Nisi 1944
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via Terrence Nisi 2003

Pilot  Ensign Alberto C. Nisi (MIA / KIA) Worcester, MA
MIA  July 4, 1944

Pilot History
Alberto Nisi was born May 29, 1918 and served with US Navy Reserve prior to being assigned to combat.

Mission History
Took off from the USS Wasp. Last seen going into a cloud off Iwo Jima and never returned. Likely, shot down by Japanese A6M5 Zero, from the 301st Kokutai.

Meeting With Relatives
On July 20, 2003 one of the Zero pilots who flew that day, Kunio Iwashita who shot down a Hellcat that day, met with the relatives of Alberto Nisi in Massachusetts to pay his respects to him and express his side of the mission.

References
Thanks to Terrance Nisi and Kunio Iwashita for additional information

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October 1, 2009

 

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