Ralph Edward Olbert
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 49766 - T/Sgt Ralph E Olbert, 305BG
Assigned to 367BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 13-May-43 in B-17 42-29647, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 16542
Awards: PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Salt Lake City, UT | 21 June 1916 | Son of Norman and Bertha Augusta Olbert. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Bliss, el Paso, TX | 11 October 1941 | Fort Bliss, el Paso, Texas |
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Died |
Meaulte, France | 13 May 1943 | Shot down 13-May-43 in B-17 42-29647, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 16542 |
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Buried |
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Plot B Row 19 Grave 23 | |
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Based |
Thurleigh | 13 May 1943 | Assigned to 367BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Contributorjmoore43
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Added an association to the A/C #42-29647 listed in the "Summary biography".
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey p. 117, ABMC
