Ollie G Crenshaw
MilitaryRear L-R: T/Sgt Seymour Berman, 2Lt Elmer P Israelson, 1Lt. Quentin J Gorman, 2Lt Raymond Hofmann, 2Lt Carroll Binder Jr
Front L-R: Sgt John B Galloway, Sgt Ollie G Crenshaw, Sgt Bob Jensen, Sgt James O Williams, T/Sgt William R Blakeney Jr.
B-17G #42-32037 returned to base without the tail gunner after the tail gunners compartment was shot off by flak on a mission to Hamm, GR on 23 Mar 1944. The tail gunner, Sergeant. James O. Williams, was killed and body recovered the following day. On 24 April 1944 Crenshaw was aboard B-17 #42-31669 'Shoo Shoo Baby. ' A/C damaged and crashed in Switzerland. Interned.
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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
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other RTD |
23 March 1944 | ||
Born |
Birmingham, Alabama | ||
Other Interned (INT) |
Germany | 24 April 1944 |
Revisions
MACR 3545 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4270 / MACR 4270, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces,
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