S/Sgt Howard J. Nelson flew 37 missions, from 11/26/1944, mission #173, to 03/24/1945, mission #236. He served as a Ball Turret Gunner and Waist Gunner.
S/Sgt Nelson served with the following crewman: Sgt John F. Bramble, S/Sgt Richard W. Carr, T/Sgt Billie D. Delong, 2nd Lt Maurice Dunigan, S/Sgt James W. Foutch, S/Sgt Lewis O. Geiger, 2nd Lt Wiley R. Haggard, Sgt Charles F. Hennig, 1st Lt Robert S. Jones Jr., T/Sgt Joseph J. Kozyra, S/Sgt Waverly W. Moore, Sgt John W. Peters, 2nd Lt Frank R. Seavey, Sgt Perry L. Sparkman, Flt O Philip B. Steiman Jr. and 2nd Lt Charles B. Young