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Re: B-17 42-97599 forced landed in Belgium
Scott and Alain57,
I think something is messed up in the 390th BG database. There is a way to see a bombardier Charles C Nielsen listed, with 18 missions listed, but it does not show, for example, the 9/25/44 mission. See this link: http://www.390thspace.com/missions.p...%20Charles%20C When you search just for the name "Nielsen" on their database you don't find Charles C Nielsen at all, yet he does appear in the mission list above. You can also compare Nielsen's missions to McKnight's: http://www.390thspace.com/missions.p...t,%20James%20T and see some matches on some of the dates and planes. I think perhaps that both men flew primarily pathfinder missions. Another odd thing about Nielsen is that he is listed as a 2nd Lt on the postwar (1946?) Cook county casualty lists: https://nara-media-001.s3.amazonaws....8/28-2751a.gif but as a 1st Lt in the 1947 Chicago Tribune newspaper article cited in his find-a-grave posting: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22302819/ Perhaps there was a promotion in process at the time of his death? I think one error on the 390th site is that they just put the "wrong" "Nielsen" on the 9/25/44 mission, but the inability of just finding Charles C Nielsen listed in the roster is another problem. I will try to contact the site. Last edited by RSwank; 30th July 2018 at 19:08. |
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Re: B-17 42-97599 forced landed in Belgium
Rolland, it is the "wrong" "Neilson, Charles M" the 390th site has listed for this mission. Also on this page I think it was my error, next to CREW PFC = Path Finder Crew?, not the rank Private First Class. That said, finding a Neilson, Charles M has proved impossible for me, not sure he exists.:
http://www.390thspace.com/missions.p...n%2C+Charles+M Here is the IARC for 42-97599. The stop at the Langley, VA Mod center is an indication of a PFF ship.
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Scott M "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."- referenced - J. Robert Oppenheimer Last edited by 25Kingman49; 28th July 2021 at 00:19. |
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