Olwin Lesester Humphries
Military ROLL OF HONOURRear L-R: 2Lt Calder L Wise, 1Lt John W Hendry, 1Lt Richard L Kruse, 1Lt Bernard T McNamara, 2Lt Richard E. Webster.
Front L-R: S/Sgt John C Arasin, S/Sgt John J Doherty, T/Sgt James J Brown, S/Sgt Olwin L Humphries, S/Sgt Howard L. Abney, T/Sgt Loran C Biddle.
Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.
Failed to Return (FTR) Oschersleben in B-17 #42-5360 'War Bride'; shot down 30-Jul-43 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1926
Awards: AM, 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: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20758755 / O-742788
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 30 July 1943
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Crews, TX | 20 October 1916 | Husband to Faye Humphries. |
Enlisted |
Dallas, TX | 12 August 1942 | Dallas, Texas |
Died |
Goslar, Germany | 30 July 1943 | Killed in Action (KIA) on B17 42-5360 'War Bride' 30-Jul-43. |
Buried |
31 July 1943 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot D Row 7 Grave 10 | |
Based |
Molesworth | 30 July 1943 | Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit history, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 504, WWII Memorial web site