Nels Oscar Davidson

Military
media-56177.jpeg UPL 56177 Sgt Nels O Davidson, 100BG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 56177 - Sgt Nels O Davidson, 100BG.

Assigned to 351BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to HQ Sqn, 490BG, 8AF USAAF.





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
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hang The Expense
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Barber Shop, Johnnie Walker III
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd 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.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Our Gal Sal
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
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].
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hang the Expense II, Boeing Belle
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron 351st Bomb Squadron

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Roseau, MN 22 July 1909 Son of Nikolai 'Nick' and Bertha Davidson.

Enlisted

Tacoma, WA 1 June 1942 Tacoma, Washington

Died

Thief River Falls, Pennington County, MN 12 August 1992

Buried

Greenwood Cemetery Thief River Falls, Pennington County, MN 15 August 1992 Greenwood Cemetery Thief River Falls, Pennington County, Minnesota

Based

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

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490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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