Stanley Fielding Olson
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Rear - L to R : SSgt. George E Hartney - Lt. Ronald S. Allen - Capt William N Anderson - Lt. Stanley F. Olson - Lt. Charles M. Shaw - Cpl. Victor A. McMenamin.
Front - L to R : Cpl. Clifford C. Hurst - SSgt Oscar Ferkauff - TSgt. Walter N. Goodson - Sgt. J. R. Bell - SSgt. Allie T. Hearne Jr.
Removed punctuation from aircraft name for clarity, uniformity, and readability. - Kickapoo
Object Number - UPL 14538 - Liberator B-24D, 4240172, Lynn Bari II, in the 506th Bomb Squadron, the 44th Bomb Group, "The Flying 8 Balls", in the 8th Air Force, TDY to the 9th...
Assigned to 506BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Attached to 9AF USAAF, TDY in North Africa. 24 x combat missions.
Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying in B-24 Liberator 41-24201.
Failed to Return (FTR) Weiner Neustadt in B-24 42-72857 'Star Spangled Hell'; mauled by fighters, A/C exploded 10 miles north of target. 1-Oct-43 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 51251
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), 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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20827330 / O-408633
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39094739
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Assistant Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16131104
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner; Assistant Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38157563
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Armorer; Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35255236
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Soluch Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Florence American Cemetery, Tavarnuzze, Italy
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Mink Creek, ID | 7 October 1919 | Son of Gustaf E and Elizabeth Marie [Peterson] Olson. Husband of Peggy P Olson. |
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Enlisted |
Geiger Field, Spokane, WA | 26 January 1942 | Geiger Field, Spokane, Washington |
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Died |
Wiener Neustadt Austria | 1 October 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Weiner Neustadt in B-24 42-72857 'Star Spangled Hell'; mauled by fighters, A/C exploded. KIA MACR 15251 |
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Buried |
Florence American Cemetery and Memorial | Tablets of the Missing Florence American Cemetery and Memorial Florence, Italy | |
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Buried |
Arlington National Cemetery | Memorialised Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, VA Section MF Site 41-8 | |
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Based |
Shipdham | Assigned to 506BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Based |
Benina | 1 October 1943 | Temporary Duty with 9th AF. Benina, Libya. |
| Moscow, ID | Student of University of Idaho. |
Revisions
44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualties by Will Lundy p. 136-138, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey p. 299; 44th Bomb Group, The Flying Eightballs, pg 22 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
