Herbert Dale Olson
MilitaryAssigned 349BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Merseburg in B-17 43-38211; hit by flak after bombs away, crashed Flur Oberkotzau, Germany. 30-Nov-44 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 10831
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: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-771648
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Miss Gail Lynn
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 30 November 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Winfield, Henry County, IA | 27 May 1921 | Son of Harry E and Miriam [Upton] Olson. |
Enlisted |
Santa Ana, CA | 17 April 1943 | |
Other Baled out POW |
Flur Oberkotzau, Germany | 30 November 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Merseburg in B-17 43-38211; hit by flak after bombs away, crashed Flur Oberkotzau, Germany. 30-Nov-44 POW. MACR 10831 |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 30 November 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
Died |
Iowa, USA | 18 September 1971 | |
Buried |
Swedesburg Cemetery, Swedesburg, IA | 23 September 1971 | Swedesburg Cemetery Swedesburg, Henry County, IA |
Other Next of Kin |
Kansas City, Missouri, USA | Wife Dixie N Olson. Kansas City, MO. | |
Based Prisoner of War (POW) |
Thorpe Abbotts | 30 November 1944 | Assigned 349BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10831 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database