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Aviation Art Prints  Pilot Signatures World War Two Signatures United States N  Nielsen, Don |
[UP] - Nastal, Casmir - Neale, Bob - Nee, Don - Nelson, Walter - Nicols, James - Nielsen, Don - Nielson, Chase - Noack, John - Norris, William - Nutter, Ralph |
First Lieutenant Don Nielsen | First Lieutenant Don Nielsen A pilot with the 457th Bomb Group, Don Nielson had joined up in February 1943, originally training for combat flying on B24 Liberators. In November 1944 he was posted to England, joining the 751st Squadron, 457th Bomb Group at Glatton flying B17 Fortresses - first as co-pilot and then as First Pilot, undertaking the first combat mission of his tour on 12 December 1944. On 3 February 1945 he took part in the big raid on Berlin, which was the heaviest concentration on the German capital so far in the war, encountering some of the most intense and accurate flak ever experienced by the Eighth. During his tour Don took part in a total of 34 raids, all on B17s. |
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