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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43-38758

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fast Company
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron

43-38791

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Damaged B-17 Flying Fortresses including (serial number 44-6146) of the 401st Bomb Group, and of the 486th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'IN-R, 401BG.' A veteran has handwritten on reverse: 'Winter of 1944. This plane's bombardier was my best friend in high school. We joined the aviation cadets together in fall of 1942. Plane is from the 486th Bomb Group. It was struck in the rear by another plane in formation and tail gunner fell to his death over Germany. The Germans buried him and sent ph

44-6146

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little Cheezer
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron

44-6588

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

44-6842

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

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Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.

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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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