1. Nicholas Megura was a United States Air Force lieutenant colonel.
15 Facts About Nicholas Megura
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Nicholas Megura served in the United States Army Air Forces as a fighter pilot during World War II, and he became an ace with 11.83 aerial victories before he himself was nearly shot down.
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Nicholas Megura was born on July 28,1920, in Ansonia, Connecticut.
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Nicholas Megura later got a job at a Vought-Sikorsky, where he took flying lessons.
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In July 1943, Nicholas Megura transferred to the United States Army Air Forces.
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Nicholas Megura was assigned to the 334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group, Eight Air Force, based in RAF Debden.
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When Nicholas Megura was attached to the squadron, they flew P-47 Thunderbolts, however they switched over to P-51 Mustangs after a few months.
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On March 6,1944, First Lieutenant Nicholas Megura shot down one German Messerschmitt Bf 110 and damaged a second one.
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Nicholas Megura was able to quickly down one, and then engaged another Bf 109 which was attacking a B-17.
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Nicholas Megura then damaged a third Bf 109 as it was landing at an airfield.
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Nicholas Megura then nursed his plane toward Denmark, and he decided he would keep gliding toward neutral Sweden.
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Nicholas Megura chewed out his engineering officer for his faulty canopy when he returned to Debden.
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Nicholas Megura finished the war with a total of 11.83 aerial victories, plus an additional four on the ground.
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Nicholas Megura stayed in the military after the war, transferring the newly established Air Force in 1947, later retiring as a lieutenant colonel.
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Nicholas Megura died on November 4,1988, in Bridgeport, Connecticut.