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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Robert W. Nelson

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Honored By

Stephen Savage

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

HE WAS 2ND LIEUTENANT AND SERVED AS A NAVIGATOR ON A B-29 (ST.BERNARD) IN THE 500TH BOMB GROUP, 20TH AIR FORCE, 73RD BOMB WING. IN A FIRE BOMB MISSION OVER KOBE, JAPAN ON MARCH 17, 1945, HIS PLANE WENT DOWN AFTER BEING RAMMED AND HE WAS TAKEN PRISONER. HE WAS ACCUSED OF WAR CRIMES AND BRUTALLY EXECUTED BY HIS JAPANESE CAPTORS.