The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

Elwood T Nicolaisen

815th

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Army serial number
6578737
Rank
SGT (6 March 1943), SGT (12 March 1943), s/Sgt (5 January 1944), S/Sgt (21 July 1944), S/Sgt (28 July 1944), SSGT (12 August 1944), SSGT (8 October 1944), SSGT (14 November 1944)
Hometown
Kentfield CA; Soap Lake WA; KENTFIELD CA; SOAP LAKE WA; Petaluma, CA
Also written
Elwood Nicolaisen
In the book
Heroes of the 483rd, p. 16, 235
Sources
483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit (serial 6578737); verify

Crews

Missions placed on him

A report lists him aboard, or his crew's history in Heroes of the 483rd dates the mission; the book is cited by page and not reproduced. The rest of his squadron's missions in his window are not placed on him by any document.

Awards

DateAwardGeneral orderRank then
6 March 1943Air Medal45SGT
12 March 1943ROSSGT
12 August 1944Air Medal, 3rd oak leaf cluster2505SSGT
8 October 1944Air Medal, 3rd oak leaf cluster3845SSGT
14 November 1944Air Medal, 4th oak leaf cluster4489SSGT

From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.

Morning reports

3 entries, first 5 January 1944, last 28 July 1944; grades seen: S/Sgt, s/Sgt. The clerk's sentence is quoted as the machine read it from microfilm: "fr dy to DS" is from duty to detached service, "sk in hosp" sick in hospital, "asgd & jd" assigned and joined.

National Archives pages: roll 461010974 p. 679, roll 481431546 p. 178, roll 481431546 p. 188

Statements, mentions and histories

Casualty questionnaire, page 19: NICOLAISEN, ELWOOD T · 28 August 1944
AFPPA-12
CASUALTY QUESTIONNAIRE
1. Your name
NICOLAISEN, ELWOOD T.
Rank T/SGT Serial No. 6578737
2. Organization 483 Gp Commander P.L.BARTON Rank Col. Sqn CO J.U. Reardoy Rank LT. COL.
(full name)
(full name)
3. What year
1944
month AUGUST day 28TN did you go down?
4. What was the mission,
47TH
,
target, MOOSBIERBAUM
,target
time,
?
,altitude, 26,000 FEET route scheduled,
?
,route flown
?
5. left formation? OVER ZAGREB, JUGOSLAUIA
Where were you when you
YES
6. Did you bail out?
7. Did other members of crew bail out?
YES
8. Tell all you know about when, where, how each person in your aircraft for whom no
individual questionnaire is attached bailed out. A crew list is attached. Please
cive facts. If you don't know, say: "No Knowledge".
ALL OF CREW
BAILED OUT AT APPROX. SAME TIME, THE
PILOT LAST.
9.
Where did your aircraft strike the ground? NEAR ZAGREB
10. Wha: members of your crew were in the aircraft when it struck the ground? (Should
cress check with 8 above and individual questionnaires)
NONE
11. Where were they in aircraft?
12. What was their condition?
13. When, where, and in what condition did you last see any members not already des-
cribed above?
14. Please give any sinilar information on personnel of any other crew of which you
have knowledge. Indicate source of information.
(Any additional information may be written on the back)
6-3862,4 AF

National Archives, MACR 11278, page 19 · Machine-read from microfilm, uncorrected.

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