Harvey Nielsen

Military
media-20157.jpeg UPL 20157 B24 42-52234 Corky, with the Nortridge crew (crew 25)

Object Number - UPL 20157 - B24 42-52234 Corky, with the Nortridge crew (crew 25)

Apparently a happy-go-lucky character. "We had a gunner named Harvey Nielsen, he had a fixation on monkeys. He bought his first one in South America and it was a mean son of a gun, and he sold it back to the guy for half the price he paid for it." Bill LeRoy, crewmate

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Units served with

Colonel Larry Thomas of the 453rd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col Larry Thomas 453BG.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 733rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 0663084
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Corky Burgundy Bombers
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 733rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pickering, MO USA 17 July 1920

Enlisted

7 October 1942

Died

Mission, TX, USA 7 June 1981

Buried

Pickering, MO USA White Oak Cemetery Pickering Nodaway County Missouri, USA

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Liberator Men of Old Buc

Date
Contributorusxpat
Changes
Sources

An Emotional Gauntlet, Stuart J Wright, Pen & Sword Books, © 2004

Date
Contributorusxpat
Changes
Sources

An Emotional Gauntlet, Stuart J Wright, Pen & Sword Books, © 2004
Find A Grave Memorial # 159827065
ancestry.com, BIRLS death file

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