Nelson, Willard Dean

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Nelson, Willard Dean ‡
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-860452 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per 545th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 7 April 1943, effective 7 April 1943.
Duty	Engineering Officer
Last Duty Date	1 September 1943
Results	Missing In Action Final Resting Place or Memorial: Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England: Tablets of the Missing
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 16 January 1918 On 1 September 1943, Nelson (545th Assistant Engineering Officer) drowned off the coast of Morecambe, Lancashire. He was aboard an RAF Anson aircraft from the School of Air/Sea Rescue at Squires Gate Airfield, near Blackpool, which crashed in the English Channel. Although all others aboard the Anson were saved, he was a non-swimmer and was apparently swept away by the waves.

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