Nelson R Collins
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 13253
93rd Bomb Group Roll of Honor at Hardwick Airfield Memorial Museum.
All information correct as on Roll of Honor board
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 |
---|---|---|---|
Other Killed in action |
Ploesti, Romania | 1 August 1943 | |
Born |
Shelbyville, Indiana | ||
Buried |
Florence American Cemetery and Memorial Florence, Italy Plot D Row 9 Grave 40 | ||
Based |
Hardwick | 1 August 1943 | Assigned to 330BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
ABMC MACR462 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia