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2LT Robert Watson Nelson Veteran

Birth: 19 Oct 1922
Minneapolis, Ottawa County, Kansas, USA
Death: 18 Jul 1945 (aged 22)
Osaka, Japan
Burial: Highland Cemetery

Minneapolis, Ottawa County, Kansas, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 39.1165035, Longitude: -97.6884179
Plot: Blk 15 Lot 34
Memorial ID: 65335267 View Source

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John H. Nelson Sr

1890–1970
Neva Watson Nelson

1894–1989

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1920–2005

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2LT Robert Watson Nelson

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Originally Created by: Connie Langvardt
Added: Feb 7, 2011
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2nd Lt Robert Watson Nelson (Navigator)

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Robert Watson Nelson and Darrell Wayne Landau; 1942 ROTC cadets at Kansas State College.

High School Class of 1940 at Minneapolis, Kansas.

1941-1942: Mechanical Engineering student at Kansas State College in Manhattan, Kansas; and enrolled in ROTC Coast Artillery courses.

In the fall of 1942, enlisted as an Aviation Cadet in the Army Air Corps at Fort Riley, Kansas.

Graduated from Navigator School and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the USAAF.

DURING THE NIGHT OF 16-17 MARCH 1945, HE FLEW AS THE NAVIGATOR ABOARD BOEING B-29 SUPERFORTRESS SERIAL #42-24849 NICKNAMED "Mission to Albuquerque" TAIL CODE Z-SQUARE-8, OF THE 881ST BOMB SQUADRON, 500TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP (VH), 73RD BOMB WING, 20TH AIR FORCE STATIONED AT ISLEY FIELD ON SAIPAN IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS.

IT WAS ONE OF 307 B-29 AIRCRAFT DISPATCHED FROM THE XXI BOMBER COMMAND TO BOMBARD THE URBAN AREA OF KOBE, JAPAN.

Z-SQ-8 WAS UNINTENTIONALLY RAMMED BY Captain Junichi Ogata FLYING A KAWASAKI Ki-61 Hien "Tony" FIGHTER OVER THE TARGET AREA ABOUT TWO MILES NORTH OF KOBE.

LT NELSON SURVIVED BUT WAS TAKEN PRISONER. HELD FOR FOUR MONTHS BY THE KEMPEITAI, THEN GIVEN A PERFUNCTORY TRIAL AND EXECUTED ON 18 JULY 1945 AT YOKOYAMA NEAR OSAKA, JAPAN.

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Missing Air Crew Report No. 130779, B-29, 42-24849, p.2

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Robert Watson Nelson, WW II, Selective Service Registration card [front]

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