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Military service
Service number:
R/170588
Age:
28
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
50 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
July 25, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave.
Additional information
Son of Joseph and Alberta Nelson, of Sprucedale, Ontario, Canada; husband of Elma Nelson, of Orangeville, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Joseph Lyle Nelson
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Grave Marker
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Flight Sergeant Joseph Lyle Nelson, RCAF R/170588 - 50th Squadron - Navigator -
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50 Sqn RAF Lancaster III VN-S PA698 crashed West of Pontchateau/France during a bombing raid against Donges oil plant near St. Nazaire; all crew KIA. Near the crash site a memorial was created and inaugurated with some of the crew family members. -
Memorial
50 Sqn RAF Lancaster III VN-S PA698 crashed West of Pontchateau/France during a bombing raid against Donges oil plant near St. Nazaire; all crew KIA. Near the crash site a memorial was created and inaugurated with some of the crew family members. -
Memorial
50 Sqn RAF Lancaster III VN-S PA698 crashed West of Pontchateau/France during a bombing raid against Donges oil plant near St. Nazaire; all crew KIA. Near the crash site a memorial was created and inaugurated with some of the crew family members. -
Memorial
50 Sqn RAF Lancaster III VN-S PA698 crashed West of Pontchateau/France during a bombing raid against Donges oil plant near St. Nazaire; all crew KIA. Near the crash site a memorial was created and inaugurated with some of the crew family members. -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Joseph Lyle Nelson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Joseph Lyle Nelson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Correspondence
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Identification
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Correspondence
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Book of Remembrance
Book of Remembrance entry (Page 403, bottom right) on display at the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, Canada.
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Joseph Lyle Nelson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Joseph Lyle Nelson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Joseph Lyle Nelson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Joseph Lyle Nelson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Joseph Lyle Nelson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Joseph Lyle Nelson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Joseph Lyle Nelson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Joseph Lyle Nelson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Joseph Lyle Nelson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 403 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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PONTCHATEAU COMMUNAL CEMETERY Loire-Atlantique, France
Pontchateau is a town and commune 28 miles (46 kilometres) north-west of Nantes and about 12 miles (19 kilometres) north-east of St. Nazaire. It is situated at the junction of the main roads from Nantes to Vannes and St. Nazaire to Redon, and is on the Paris-Nantes-Quimper railway line. The cemetery is behind the cathedral. In the far corner, right and north of the entrance is the collective grave of 2 airmen of the Royal Air Force and 5 airmen of the Royal Canadian Air Force.
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