Norman Martin Nelson

Military
media-17119.jpeg UPL 17119 1Lt Norman Martin Nelson, B-24 pilot fo #42-64438
KIA = 22 DEC 1943 , Bolsward, Netherlands
MACF # 16098

A. L. DESTRO II

Object Number - UPL 17119 - 1Lt Norman Martin Nelson, B-24 pilot fo #42-64438 KIA = 22 DEC 1943 , Bolsward, Netherlands MACF # 16098

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

People

Martin P Bulger

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-744971
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

George Joseph Clark

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-806622
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Walter Derdzenski

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12200169
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer

Francis H Folkner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33361283
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner / Aerial Gunner

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-64438) nicknamed "The Ramblin' Reck" of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via 100th Bomb Group Association.

42-64438

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Ramblin Wreck
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'

Tibenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Texas, USA 3 September 1922

Enlisted

Minneapolis, MN, USA 9 April 1942

Died

Bolsward, Netherlands 22 December 1943

Buried

Louisville, KY, USA Zachary Taylor National Cemetery Louisville Jefferson County Kentucky, USA Plot: E, 101-102

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Birsic, 2AD Roll of Honor / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Norman Martin Nelson: Gallery (6 items)

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