Robert W Nelson

Military

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Object Number - UPL 5455

Assigned to 93TCS, 439TCG, 9AF USAAF. completed 4 x combat missions, 500+ combat hrs. Failed to Return (FTR) re-supply mission to Bastogne, towing 2 Waco gliders, A/C hit by flak in fuel tanks, broke formation and released gliders, allowing crew to bale. Baled out but chute failed to open killed on impact. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11319.

Awards: PH.

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Units served with

439th Troop Carrier Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Troop Carrier

93rd Troop Carrier Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Ninth Air Force

People

Edward Antony Nachowitz

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 439th Troop Carrier Group 93rd Troop Carrier Squadron
Service Numbers: 16059643 / O-737621
Highest Rank: Captain
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-100840

Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
Unit: 439th Troop Carrier Group 93rd Troop Carrier Squadron

Places

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial

Site type: Cemetery
Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium

Upottery

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Smeatharpe

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	East Orange, New Jersey, USA	22 July 1922	Son of William Nelson.
Enlisted	1800 Truemper Rd, Lackland AFB, TX 78236, USA	17 November 1942	San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center Texas
Other Paratroop mission D-day	Normandy, France	6 June 1944	Op Albany D-day paradrop 6-Jun-44.
Other Glider tow	Eindhoven, Netherlands	17 September 1944	Op Market Garden Glider tow to Eindhoven. 17-Sep-44.
Other Glider tow	Eindhoven, Netherlands	18 September 1944	Op Market Garden Glider tow to Eindhoven. 18-Sep-44.
Other Glider tow	Bastogne, Belgium	26 December 1944	Glider tow mission to Bastogne. 26-Dec-44.
Died	Sibret, 6640 Vaux-sur-Sûre, Belgium	27 December 1944	Failed to Return (FTR) re-supply mission to Bastogne, towing 2 Waco gliders, A/C hit by flak in fuel tanks, broke formation and released gliders, allowing crew to bale. Baled out but chute failed to open killed on impact. KIA. MACR 11319.
Buried	Sibret, 6640 Vaux-sur-Sûre, Belgium	28 December 1944	Interred Sibret
Based	Upottery	27 December 1944	Assigned to 93TCS, 439TCG, 9AF USAAF.
Buried	28 Hoover Ave, Bloomfield, NJ 07003, USA		Re-Interred Glendale Cemetery Bloomfield Essex County New Jersey, USA
Buried			Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial