Philip Erick Nelson
MilitaryAssigned to 345BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti raid in B-24 41-11886 'Lil Joe'; A/C burst into flames from leaked fuel over target, pilot pulled aircraft into climb to enable bail out, exploded and crashed in a field. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 222
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 98th Bomb Group 345th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Lil Joe
- Unit: 98th Bomb Group 345th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Soluch Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Tripp, WI | 22 September 1918 | Son of Nels C. and Nannie Eleanora [Anderson] Nelson. |
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Died |
Ploiești, Romania | 1 August 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti raid in B-24 41-11886 'Lil Joe'; A/C burst into flames from leaked fuel over target, pilot pulled aircraft into climb to enable bail out, exploded and crashed in a field. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 222 |
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Based Assigned |
Benina | 1 August 1943 | Assigned to 345BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. |
| Iron River, WI | |||
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Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium Plot C Row 3 Grave 50 |