Elmer Nelson
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. 32 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Koblenz mission in B-17 42-107083; crashed near Prum on 27-Dec-44. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 11248
Awards: AM (4OLC), PH.
Connections
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-719899
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31068619 / O-1305581
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36760114
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17131529
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier / Togglier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32552833
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 547th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Santa Ana, CA | 17 April 1943 | Santa Ana, California |
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Died |
Prum, Germany | 27 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Koblenz mission in B-17 42-107083; crashed near Prum on 27-Dec-44. KIA MACR 11248 |
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Born |
Redwood City, California | ||
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Buried |
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial St Avold, France Plot E Row 9 Grave 3 | ||
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Based |
Grafton Underwood | 27 December 1944 | Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/30325983
https://www.fold3.com/image/311039363
https://www.fold3.com/record/85060835-elmer-nelson
https://www.fold3.com/record/529892214-elmer-nelson
https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=2894
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56658914/elmer-carl-nelson
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11248, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…