Oran Russell Highley
MilitaryAAM; Fold3.com
Oran Highley was Bombardier on board of B-17 ≠42-29744, shot down 15 May 1943 in B-17F-70-BO [GY-O] #42-29744 "Battling Bee". Plane crashed into shallow water between Neuwerk Island and Cuxhaven, Germany. Captured at Altenwalde, sent to Dulag Luft for interrogation then interned at Stalag Luft 3 in Sagan, Poland. Force-marched out of there at the end of January 1945. Ended up at Stalag VIIA, Moosburg, Germany. Liberated there by US troops on 29 April 1945. Discharged 26 January 1946. Prisoner of War (POW)
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38193951
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-667415
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13058382
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34268205
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Hooker, Texas County, Oklahoma | 29 May 1916 | |
Enlisted |
6 January 1942 | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
15 May 1943 - 29 April 1945 | NARA WWII POW record : "Interned at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan Poland. Returned to Military control 10 August 1945." | |
Other Discharged |
26 January 1946 | ||
Died |
27 August 1989 | Woodward, Oklahoma | |
Walsh, Baca County, Colorado (a student at Walsh School District) | |||
Woodward, Woodward County, Oklahoma | |||
Buried |
Oran Highley rests at the Elmwood cemetery in Woodward, Oklahoma |
Revisions
MACR 15512
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW record
SSDI (Social Security Death Index)
VA Gravesite Locator
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15512 / MACR 15512, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey, p. 122, First Over Germany by Russell Strong, pp. 115, NARA POW database / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database