Nels Oscar Davidson
Military
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UPL 56177
Sgt Nels O Davidson, 100BG.
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Assigned to 351BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to HQ Sqn, 490BG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
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
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Our Gal Sal
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hang the Expense II, Boeing Belle
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron 351st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Brome
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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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