Duane E Nelson
Military ROLL OF HONOURJoined squad 3 August 1942. Shot down 27 January 1943 in B-24D 41-23776 'Spirit of '76' while serving as Co-Pilot. Killed in Action (KIA). Target was Wilhelmshaven, but weather conditions were poor. Plane was attacked by FW-190s, caught fire, exploded and crashed on Terschelling Island, Holland.
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Spirit of 76
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 2 February 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Deerfield, Wisconsin, USA | ||
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Buried |
Buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery, Plot F, Row 16, Grave 26. | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Terschelling, Netherlands | 27 January 1943 | Killed when aircraft was attacked by enemy fighter and crashed on Terschelling Island, Holland. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 16-Feb-2015. Added SN & KIA event per MACR 15459; Added decorations and Burial event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Added crew position and loss details to Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15459 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Webb Todd, MACR 15459, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 68, ABMC