Bernhard W Nelson Jr
MilitaryB-24 #41-29553 'Buzz Tail'. Retired as a Major. Completed 51 missions.
Air Medal with 9 Oak Leaf Cluster, DFC with cluster
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Brooklyn, New York | 25 August 1923 | |
Died |
27 December 2009 | ||
Buried |
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit Roster, step daughter July 2011 / http://www.487thbg.org/Photos/OfficersGroup-02.shtml