Ole K Nelson

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 22 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Wernigeerode in B-17 42-31028; Hit by flak, exploded in mid-air and crashed near Munster, Germany on 22-Feb-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2872.



Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.

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Aircraft

42-31394

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Aphrodite
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 388th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron

42-31510

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Paperdoll
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron

42-31597

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Landa
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
The nose art of B-17 Flying Fortress (WA-Y, serial number 42-3325) nicknamed "Paddy Gremlin" of the 379th Bomb Group. Image via Constant Anzperger.

42-3325

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Paddy Gremlin
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron

42-5828

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sweater Girl
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron

Missions

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Minnesota 9 December 1942 Entered service from Minnesota.

Died

Munster, Germany 22 February 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Wernigeerode in B-17F 42-31028; Hit by flak, exploded in mid-air and crashed near Munster, Germany on 22-Feb-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2872

Buried

Senden, Germany 23 February 1944 Interred Senden cemetery

Born

Toronto, Ontario, CANADA Next of Kin listed as Mrs Ole K Nelson residing Toronto, Canada.

Buried

Netherlands American Cemetery Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Plot N Row 22 Grave 10

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Kimbolton 22 February 1944 Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2872 / MACR 2872, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 298 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database