Son of Joseph Nelson and Leonora Smith
Married Maxine Bowen, 1 November 1927, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. She later married Paul Cassidy Exline, 17 December 1942, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
Killed in service when B-18A Bolo #37-498 struck a fog-shrouded mountain peak near Vacaville while the bomber was navigating towards Sacramento, after departing Hamilton Field, north of San Francisco.
The Army men killed were:
Capt. Franklin S Nelson, Pilot
2nd Lt. Eugene W Sell, Co-Pilot
TSgt. Andrew "Andy" Zeik
PFC John W Phillips
Joplin Globe
Joplin, Mo.
Sat. Oct. 25, 1941
5 Killed As Army Bomber Hits Peak
Crash Occurs in Vaca Mountains 40 Miles Northeast of San Francisco During Heavy Fog
Hamilton Field, Calif.--A crew of five died today in the crash of a B-18A army bomber on Twin Sisters peak in the Vaca mountains, 49 miles northeast of San Francisco.
Had the ship gone 100 yards to the left, it would have cleared the peak. Heavy fog engulfed the area at the time.
The men were from Fort Douglas, Utah.
The medium bomber, under command of Captain Franklin S. Nelson of Salt Lake City, came from Fort Douglas yesterday, and was en route from Hamilton Field to Sacramento.
Others aboard were:
Second Lieutenant E. W. Sell, co-pilot, Lander, Wyo.
Technical Sergeant Andy Zeik, Salt Lake City.
Technical Sergeant Robert M. Kinney, Salt Lake City.
Private (first class) John W. Phillips, Salt Lake City.
All were attached to the Seventh bombardment group, stationed at Fort Douglas.
Sheriff John R. Thornton of Solano county said the weather was so foggy the pilot must have been flying blind.
Married Maxine Bowen, 1 November 1927, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. She later married Paul Cassidy Exline, 17 December 1942, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
Killed in service when B-18A Bolo #37-498 struck a fog-shrouded mountain peak near Vacaville while the bomber was navigating towards Sacramento, after departing Hamilton Field, north of San Francisco.
The Army men killed were:
Capt. Franklin S Nelson, Pilot
2nd Lt. Eugene W Sell, Co-Pilot
TSgt. Andrew "Andy" Zeik
PFC John W Phillips
Joplin Globe
Joplin, Mo.
Sat. Oct. 25, 1941
5 Killed As Army Bomber Hits Peak
Crash Occurs in Vaca Mountains 40 Miles Northeast of San Francisco During Heavy Fog
Hamilton Field, Calif.--A crew of five died today in the crash of a B-18A army bomber on Twin Sisters peak in the Vaca mountains, 49 miles northeast of San Francisco.
Had the ship gone 100 yards to the left, it would have cleared the peak. Heavy fog engulfed the area at the time.
The men were from Fort Douglas, Utah.
The medium bomber, under command of Captain Franklin S. Nelson of Salt Lake City, came from Fort Douglas yesterday, and was en route from Hamilton Field to Sacramento.
Others aboard were:
Second Lieutenant E. W. Sell, co-pilot, Lander, Wyo.
Technical Sergeant Andy Zeik, Salt Lake City.
Technical Sergeant Robert M. Kinney, Salt Lake City.
Private (first class) John W. Phillips, Salt Lake City.
All were attached to the Seventh bombardment group, stationed at Fort Douglas.
Sheriff John R. Thornton of Solano county said the weather was so foggy the pilot must have been flying blind.
Son of Joseph Nelson and Leonora Smith
Married Maxine Bowen, 1 November 1927, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. She later married Paul Cassidy Exline, 17 December 1942, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
Killed in service when B-18A Bolo #37-498 struck a fog-shrouded mountain peak near Vacaville while the bomber was navigating towards Sacramento, after departing Hamilton Field, north of San Francisco.
The Army men killed were:
Capt. Franklin S Nelson, Pilot
2nd Lt. Eugene W Sell, Co-Pilot
TSgt. Andrew "Andy" Zeik
PFC John W Phillips
Joplin Globe
Joplin, Mo.
Sat. Oct. 25, 1941
5 Killed As Army Bomber Hits Peak
Crash Occurs in Vaca Mountains 40 Miles Northeast of San Francisco During Heavy Fog
Hamilton Field, Calif.--A crew of five died today in the crash of a B-18A army bomber on Twin Sisters peak in the Vaca mountains, 49 miles northeast of San Francisco.
Had the ship gone 100 yards to the left, it would have cleared the peak. Heavy fog engulfed the area at the time.
The men were from Fort Douglas, Utah.
The medium bomber, under command of Captain Franklin S. Nelson of Salt Lake City, came from Fort Douglas yesterday, and was en route from Hamilton Field to Sacramento.
Others aboard were:
Second Lieutenant E. W. Sell, co-pilot, Lander, Wyo.
Technical Sergeant Andy Zeik, Salt Lake City.
Technical Sergeant Robert M. Kinney, Salt Lake City.
Private (first class) John W. Phillips, Salt Lake City.
All were attached to the Seventh bombardment group, stationed at Fort Douglas.
Sheriff John R. Thornton of Solano county said the weather was so foggy the pilot must have been flying blind.
Married Maxine Bowen, 1 November 1927, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. She later married Paul Cassidy Exline, 17 December 1942, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
Killed in service when B-18A Bolo #37-498 struck a fog-shrouded mountain peak near Vacaville while the bomber was navigating towards Sacramento, after departing Hamilton Field, north of San Francisco.
The Army men killed were:
Capt. Franklin S Nelson, Pilot
2nd Lt. Eugene W Sell, Co-Pilot
TSgt. Andrew "Andy" Zeik
PFC John W Phillips
Joplin Globe
Joplin, Mo.
Sat. Oct. 25, 1941
5 Killed As Army Bomber Hits Peak
Crash Occurs in Vaca Mountains 40 Miles Northeast of San Francisco During Heavy Fog
Hamilton Field, Calif.--A crew of five died today in the crash of a B-18A army bomber on Twin Sisters peak in the Vaca mountains, 49 miles northeast of San Francisco.
Had the ship gone 100 yards to the left, it would have cleared the peak. Heavy fog engulfed the area at the time.
The men were from Fort Douglas, Utah.
The medium bomber, under command of Captain Franklin S. Nelson of Salt Lake City, came from Fort Douglas yesterday, and was en route from Hamilton Field to Sacramento.
Others aboard were:
Second Lieutenant E. W. Sell, co-pilot, Lander, Wyo.
Technical Sergeant Andy Zeik, Salt Lake City.
Technical Sergeant Robert M. Kinney, Salt Lake City.
Private (first class) John W. Phillips, Salt Lake City.
All were attached to the Seventh bombardment group, stationed at Fort Douglas.
Sheriff John R. Thornton of Solano county said the weather was so foggy the pilot must have been flying blind.
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Pilot of B-18A # 37-498.
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