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
  • Placed on Detached Service to AAF Station 101 per 545th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 18 July 1943.
  • Placed on Temporary Duty (TD) to Air Sea Rescue School, Blackpool as of 25 August 1943 per 545th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 1 September 1943.
  • 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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