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Earl Milo Nelson, Marauderman
344 Bomb Group, 496 Bomb Squadron
My dad was Earl Milo Nelson and he was a Staff Sergeant in the Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1945, serving in the 496th Bombardment Squadron as a flight maintenance gunner. He flew 58 missions on B-26 bombers as a flight engineer gunner for the 9th Air Force. He saw action in the air offensive over Normandy, Germany, the Ardennes and North Africa. He received the EAME Theatre Medal and the Air Medal with 10 Oak Leaf Clusters. -Gnanse Nelson
Pic 1 of 4: 1944, Station 29, England
Back Row: 2nd Lt. J.D. Johnson, 2nd Lt. R. E. McNeil
Front Row: S. Sgt. Earl Milo Nelson, S. Sgt. R. L. Scott
Pic 2 of 4: 1944
Back Row: S. Sgt. Ed Genovese, McNeil, Scott, Nelson
Sitting: Johnson
Picture 3 of 4:
Top Row: Capt. Ed Peterman (pilot) 2nd Lt. J.D. Johnson, Jr. (co-pilot) 2nd. Lt.
R. E. McNeil (bombardier) 4th person unknown
Front Row: S. Sgt. Earl Nelson (flight engineer) S. Sgt. Ed Genovese (radio
operator) S. Sgt. R. L. Scott
Pict 4 of 4:
Back Row: Peterman, Johnson, McNeil, unknown
Front Row: Genovese, Nelson, Scott