Easington Colliery
Easington Colliery
1896358 Sergeant
H. Nelson
Air Gunner
Royal Air Force
31st January 1944 age 20
At the going down
of the sun
we will remember them.
There headstone of the family plot reads:
In Loving Memory of
Sgt. Harold Nelson, R.A.F.V.R.
who was killed 31st Jan. 1944
aged 20 years.
Also
Edward Nelson
who died 25th Sept. 1948
aged 20 years
The beloved sons of
Elizabeth and Harold Nelson
Until we meet again
Sergeant Nelson was serving with 1660 HCU. He was a crew member of Stirling III EF232 –J which took off from Swinderby on a night training exercise. The aircraft crashed soon after take-off. All but three were killed in the crash, but the remaining three died the following day.
No 1660 Heavy Conversion Unit Codes TV and YW. Based at Swinderbury and equipped with Lancasters and Manchester's. Satellite airfield Skellingthorpe. Manchester's phased out and replaced with B Mk V Halifaxes to a UE of 32+0 in September 1943, Replaced with Stirlings 1.1.44.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses Vol.8: Heavy Conversion Units and Miscellaneous Units, 1939-1947; W.R. Chorley; 2003; Midland Publishing; ISBN 1 85780 156 3
Harold Nelson is remembered at Easington Colliery onE52.01
