Charles McDonald Olson
MilitaryAssigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick in B-17 42-31535; shot down by enemy aircraft on 30-Jan-44, baled out near Essern, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2876
Awards: 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: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-801235
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-735753
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
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 |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Elizabethton, Tennessee | 10 July 1924 | Son of Edwin O and Lula W Olson. |
Enlisted |
Richmond, VA | 24 November 1942 | Richmond, Virginia |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 30 January 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Other Baled out POW |
Essern, Germany | 30 January 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick in B-17 42-31535; shot down by enemy aircraft on 30-Jan-44, baled out near Essern, Germany. POW MACR 2876 |
Died |
28 February 2005 | ||
Buried |
Glenwood Cemetery and Chapel Mausoleum, Bristol, Sullivan County, TN | Glenwood Cemetery and Chapel Mausoleum Bristol, Sullivan County, Tennessee | |
Based |
Kimbolton | 30 January 1944 | Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2876 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database