Nelson W Hardin

Military
Nelson Hardin Crew UPL 60616 UPL 60616 The Nelson Hardin Crew 306th BG

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Object Number - UPL 60616 - The Nelson Hardin Crew 306th BG

Reported to ETO on 28 Nov 1943.

Attacked by 12 FW190s on a mission to Brunswick, GR on 29 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-39950 'Wampus Cat' crash landed SW of Amsterdam after 7 crewmembers baled out. POW. He completed 23 missions and was shot down on # 24.



POW, AM 3OLC,

The Nelson Hardin Crew 369th BS 306th BG

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-39950

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Wampus cat
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Richmond, Texas, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 29 March 1944

Revisions

Date
ContributorRayWells
Changes
Sources

Added Pic

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; MACR 3481, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, First Over Germany pg. 229, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I, p. 440 w/ pic of ac, 306th BGA Collection / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3481 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / http://www.306bg.org/crewphotos/Crew%20Pictures%20Adam-Rector/Crew%20Pi…

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Object number: UPL 60616 - The Nelson Hardin Crew 306th BG