Fred D Olson
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA) on 10-Oct-43 while piloting P-47D 42-8635 on a mission to escort B-17s attacking at Munster, Germany. On the return his aircraft was attacked by German fighters over Holland, but he pressed on until he was forced to abandond the aircraft 20 mile short of the English coast in the English Channel. Neither the aircraft nor 1LT Olsen were ever found.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 328th Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 10 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney
Events
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
English Channel | 10 October 1943 | Killed when he was forced to abandond his fighter-damaged aircraft 20 mile short of the English coast in the Channel. His remains have neer been recovered |
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Other Commemorated |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cmabridge American Cemetery. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 5-Jul-2015. Added Decorations and Commoratd event per American Battle Monumnets Commission (ABMC) records; Added Sevice Number pr MACR 851; Crafted Summary Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 851 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database