Oscar Alfred Lindberg Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 733BS, 453BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick in B-24 41-28745; shot down 8-May-44, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4590
Awards: PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 453rd Bomb Group 733rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-735812
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: The Bold Sea Rover
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 486th Bomb Group 733rd Bomb Squadron 835th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Buffalo Lake, MN | 5 April 1920 | Son of Oscar Alfred Sr and Evelyn V Lindberg. |
Other Discharged USAAF |
28 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Minneapolis, MN | 22 January 1999 | |
Buried |
Fort Snelling National Cemetery Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN | 25 January 1999 | Fort Snelling National Cemetery Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 8 May 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Based |
Old Buckenham | 8 May 1944 | Assigned to 733BS, 453BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4590 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database