Oliver Maggard Jr

Military

Assigned to 767BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. 21 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) 10th mission Blechammer in B-24 42-51322 17-Dec-44; lagging behind formation, set upon by Fw190, No.3 engine set aflame, A/C exploded. Baled out, landed on edge of lake, handed over to Russians via partisans, Returned to Duty (RTD). MACR 10742.



Awards: DFC, AM (2OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A B-24 Liberator of the 461st Bomb Group, 15th Air Force drops supplies over a Prisoner of War camp in Austria, May 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '9 May 1945, Last 'combat' mission of 461st BG to British POW camp near Villack, Austria. #33 flown by Lt John Stegman- 765th BS.'

461st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Charles Vester Lang

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 461st Bomb Group 767th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14075334 / O-667823
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-51322

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 461st Bomb Group 767th Bomb Squadron

Places

Torretta

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Cerignola #3

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Memphis, TN 5 October 1923 Son of Oliver Sr and Mary Maggard.

Enlisted

Miami Beach, FL 25 February 1943 Miami Beach, Florida

Other

Baled out RTD

25 miles south Budapest, Hungary 17 December 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Blechammer in B-24 42-51322 17-Dec-44; lagging behind formation, set upon by Fw190, #3 engine set aflame, A/C exploded. Baled out into Danube.

Died

Noblesville, IN 28 March 2010

Based

Torretta Assigned to 767BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF.

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