Theodore D Nielsen
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Via USAAF Class Book Research Project and Ellen Marchese
Object Number - UPL 63362 - 1st Lt Theodore D. Nielsen Via USAAF Class Book Research Project and Ellen Marchese
Assigned to 384FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Hit by flak on 9-Aug-44 in P-51 44-13766, Killed in Action. Lt Nielson survived the bale out and was picked up by members of the town who turned him over to the German authorities. He was beaten and killed by SS officers. The chief perpetrator was sentenced to "Life" by a US Military Court in 1947. He was paroled ten years later.
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 364th Fighter Group 384th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Honington
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Aberdeen, Washington | 10 June 1922 | Born Aberdeen, Washington |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Bad Saulgau, Germany | 9 August 1944 | Killed in Action (KIA) Bad Saulgau, Germany |
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Buried |
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial St Avold, France | 1 January 1946 | Re-Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial St Avold, France Plot B Row 26 Grave 56 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7620 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
