Olen C Byrd
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA) 27 September 1944 in B-24 #4250383. 'King Kong'
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: King Kong
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
27 September 1944 | ||
Born |
Oakland, California, USA | ||
Buried |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 27 September 1944 |
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Sources
Birsic, ABMC, MACR 9390, 2AD Roll of Honor / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9390 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database