Merle C Olmsted

Military
Ground crew: Ray Morrison and Sergeant Merle Olmsted of the 357th Fighter Group work on the exposed engine of a P-51 Mustang (G4-P, serial number 44-72489) nicknamed "Rolla U". media-377192.jpg FRE 494 Ground crew: Ray Morrison and Sergeant Merle Olmsted of the 357th Fighter Group work on the exposed engine of a P-51 Mustang (G4-P, serial number 44-72489) nicknamed "Rolla U". Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 494 - Ground crew: Ray Morrison and Sergeant Merle Olmsted of the 357th Fighter Group work on the exposed engine of a P-51 Mustang (G4-P, serial number...

became historian of the group after retirement

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Units served with

Aircraft

44-72489

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: U Rolla
  • Unit: 357th Fighter Group 362nd Fighter Squadron

Events

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Born

Duburque, Iowa 28 March 1923

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000

Merle C Olmsted: Gallery (2 items)

A group photo of Armourer Ray "Whitey" Viland, Sergeant Merle Olmsted, Lieutenant Ed Hyman and Crew Chief Ray Morrison of the 357th Fighter Group with Hyman's P-51 Mustang (G4-P, serial number 44-72489) nicknamed "Rolla U".

Object number: FRE 493 - A group photo of Armourer Ray "Whitey" Viland...

Ground crew: Ray Morrison and Sergeant Merle Olmsted of the 357th Fighter Group work on the exposed engine of a P-51 Mustang (G4-P, serial number 44-72489) nicknamed "Rolla U".

Object number: FRE 494 - Ground crew: Ray Morrison and Sergeant Merle...