Victor Robert Olson
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 28 September 1944.
Lindsey Breckenridge
Assigned to 560BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed near Merseburg in B-17 42-97219 'Reuel's Revenge', Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 9378
Awards: 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
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 388th Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35352718
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Oregon, USA | 4 November 1922 | |
Enlisted |
Roswell, NM, USA | 26 July 1942 | Roswell, New Mexico |
Died |
28 September 1944 | ||
Buried |
Golden Gate National Cemetery San Bruno, San Mateo County, CA | 8 June 1949 | Golden Gate National Cemetery San Bruno, San Mateo County, California |
Tuolumne County, CA, USA | |||
Based |
Knettishall | 28 September 1944 | Assigned to 560BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9378
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3616876/victor-r-olson#
NARA enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=2&tf=F&q=vic…
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html