Nelson R Collins
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
All information correct as on Roll of Honor board
Object Number - UPL 13253 - 93rd Bomb Group Roll of Honor at Hardwick Airfield Memorial Museum.
Assigned to 330BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY to 9th AF for Ploesti raid. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti in B-24 41-24121 'Let er Rip' 1-Aug-43 Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: DFC, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-731644
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Let Er Rip
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Florence American Cemetery, Tavarnuzze, Italy
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Killed in action |
Ploesti, Romania | 1 August 1943 | |
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Born |
Shelbyville, Indiana | ||
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Buried |
Florence American Cemetery and Memorial Florence, Italy Plot D Row 9 Grave 40 | ||
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Based |
Hardwick | 1 August 1943 | Assigned to 330BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
ABMC MACR462 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia