Howard J Nelson

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media-56777.jpeg UPL 56777 1st Lt. Robert S. Jones Jr. Crew - 401st Bomb Group, 613th Bomb Squadron

Standing Left to Right: S/Sgt Howard J. Nelson, Waist Gunner; T/Sgt Joseph J. Kozyra, Engr/Top Turret; S/Sgt Lewis O. Geiger, Tail Gunner; S/Sgt Richard W. Carr, Togglier; T/Sgt Billie D. Delong, Radio Operator; S/Sgt James W. Foutch, Ball Turret Gunner.
Kneeling Left to Right: 2nd Lt. Maurice Dunigan, Co-Pilot; 1st Lt. Robert S. Jones, Pilot; Flt Officer Philip B Steiman Jr., Navigator.

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Object Number - UPL 56777 - 1st Lt. Robert S. Jones Jr. Crew - 401st Bomb Group, 613th Bomb Squadron Standing Left to Right: S/Sgt Howard J. Nelson, Waist Gunner; T/Sgt...

S/Sgt Howard J. Nelson flew 37 missions, from 11/26/1944, mission #173, to 03/24/1945, mission #236. He served as a Ball Turret Gunner and Waist Gunner.



S/Sgt Nelson served with the following crewman: Sgt John F. Bramble, S/Sgt Richard W. Carr, T/Sgt Billie D. Delong, 2nd Lt Maurice Dunigan, S/Sgt James W. Foutch, S/Sgt Lewis O. Geiger, 2nd Lt Wiley R. Haggard, Sgt Charles F. Hennig, 1st Lt Robert S. Jones Jr., T/Sgt Joseph J. Kozyra, S/Sgt Waverly W. Moore, Sgt John W. Peters, 2nd Lt Frank R. Seavey, Sgt Perry L. Sparkman, Flt O Philip B. Steiman Jr. and 2nd Lt Charles B. Young

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43-38125

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mary Makers
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

43-38160

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Day and Night
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 401st Bomb Group, airborne in spite of the flak hole ripped into its left wing. Printed caption on reverse: '56751 AC- BERLIN DAMAGE- Flak over Berlin, March 18 1945, during the more than 1300 heavy bomber attack on rail and industrial targets in the capital city of the Reich, was responsible for the torn wing tip on the US Eight AF Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Intense anti-aircraft fire made things hot for the heavy bombers over the target. US Air Force Photo.'

43-38425

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

43-38607

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lady Jane II
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

43-38607

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2937

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