Sherman Morris Nelson

Military
media-43632.jpeg UPL 43632 B-17 42-31035 'Hang The Expense' with Frank Valesh crew and groundcrew.

Rear L-R: T/Sgt John Mytko, 2Lt John R. Johnson, 2Lt Frank E. Valesh, 2Lt Maurice Zetlan, 2Lt John E. Booth, S/Sgt Paul J. Carbone, Sherman M. Nelson.

Front L-R: Nels O. Davidson, Unkn, Unkn, S/Sgt Roy Urich, S/Sgt Herschel H. Broyles, J.C. Sambrailo, Cpl Ernest m. Jordon, M/Sgt Harold C. Wildrick.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 43632 - B-17 42-31035 'Hang The Expense' with Frank Valesh crew and groundcrew. Rear L-R: T/Sgt John Mytko, 2Lt John R. Johnson, 2Lt Frank E. Valesh, 2Lt...

Assigned to 351BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Valesh ground crew. ETD





Awards: WWII Victory, EAME

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31035

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hang The Expense
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (EP-E, serial number 42-31767) nicknamed "Our Gal Sal" of the 100th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'Our Gal Sal.'

42-31767

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Our Gal Sal
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron

42-3234

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little Mike
A B-17G Flying Fortress (EP-E, serial number 42-39867) of the 351st Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group. Official caption on image: "265-(44). WPU - 2.29.44. Eastchurch. B-17G - 42-39867. FA-FSAD." Handwritten caption on reverse: '100th Bomb Group, 13th Combat Wing, 3rd Air Division, E?-E.[EP-E]' On reverse: USAAF Photographic Section Station 595 [Stamp].

42-39867

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hang the Expense II, Boeing Belle
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron 351st Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Enderlin, ND 4 June 1917 Son of Millie Nelson.

Died

27 June 1994

Buried

Riverside Cemetery, Breckenridge, Wilkin County, MN 30 June 1994 Riverside Cemetery Breckenridge, Wilkin County, Minnesota

Based

Thorpe Abbotts Assigned to 351BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF.

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