Donald O Nell

Military
media-54013.jpeg UPL 54013 B-24 crew in 1943. (Don't know order, except for Verl D. Anderson on left in back row.) Carl Lessig, Pilot; Bill Hailey, Co-Pilot; George Giovannoni, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner; Fred Talley, Radio Operator; Ed Winick, Tail Gunner; Carl Mann, Waist Gunner; Jack Harris, Nose Turret Gunner; Don Nell, Waist Gunner, Verl D. Anderson, Bombardier/Navigator, Jim _______, Radio Operator.

Removed association to Cecil Parker Lessig who did not serve on B-24 Liberators

Object Number - UPL 54013 - B-24 crew in 1943. (Don't know order, except for Verl D. Anderson on left in back row.) Carl Lessig, Pilot; Bill Hailey, Co-Pilot; George...

27 missions from 25 November 1944 to 25 April 1945. On 1 January 1945, second mission to Remagen Bridge, we were one of about 6 ships to go because of ice problems. One ship crashed on takeoff and rest of group stayed home. Landed in Brussels after Luftwaffe attack.



Awards: Air Medal w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster, Good Conduct Medal. ETO Ribbon w/ 3 Battle Stars, ATO Medal, AF Commendation

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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

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Born

Medford, Massachusetts 24 July 1925

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Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" - "one" was misspelled.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self & Page 364 in the book 2ND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition (D790.A2S45)

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