Francis Page Nelson Jr
Military
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Object Number - UPL 7582 - 41-24529 BK-E, UNNAMED. During an engine check mission on 9 October 1943, the ship overshot the runway and ran into a ditch. The undercarriage...
Assigned to 545BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. 11 x combat missions.
Accident on 9-Oct-43 on slow-timing flight of B-17 41-24529. RTD.
Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick in B-17 42-5444 "We Dood It" 30-Jan-44; shot down by fighters. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2263.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6983789
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34290541
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flexible Gunner/Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35443176
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-680722
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-670269
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Crozet, Virginia | 4 February 1921 | Son of Francis Page Sr and Ruth Lee [Wayland] Nelson. |
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Enlisted |
Richmond, VA | 1 April 1942 | Richmond, Virginia |
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Other Baled out POW |
1 January 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick in B-17 42-5444 "We Dood It" 30-Jan-44; shot down by fighters. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2263 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 30 January 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Died |
Waynesboro, VA | 15 March 2013 | |
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Buried |
Miller School Cemetery Albemarle County, VA | 18 March 2013 | Miller School Cemetery Albemarle County, Virginia |
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Based |
Grafton Underwood | 30 January 1944 | Assigned to 545BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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- MACR 2263 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Merged with duplicate entries to include details from:
- http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=2895;
- MACR 2263 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2263, 8th AF Losses, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 321, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…