Bernhard W Nelson Jr

Military

B-24 #41-29553 'Buzz Tail'. Retired as a Major. Completed 51 missions.



Air Medal with 9 Oak Leaf Cluster, DFC with cluster

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Units served with

The insignia of the 487th Bomb Group.

487th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-39068) of the 487th Bomb Group after belly landing in a field at St. Margaret's, 8 January 1945. Official caption on image: "ISAD - SG27 - 1 - Crash Landing - B-17G 43-39068 - St. Margaret's - R.Z." Handwritten caption on reverse: '8/1/45, 329.'

43-39068

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron

Places

Officers of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron operations room.

Lavenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Brooklyn, New York 25 August 1923

Died

27 December 2009

Buried

Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit Roster, step daughter July 2011 / http://www.487thbg.org/Photos/OfficersGroup-02.shtml