Ollie Woodsen Warren

Military

Ollie Warren was Right Waist Gunner on board B-24D Serial 42-63784 shot down 6 June 1944 by Flak over Belgium on Carpetbagger mission "OSRIC 81 DZ". Wounded, he was treated in the Luftwaffe Hospital in Saint-Gilles, Brussels before being sent to Stalag Luft 4 (Gross Tychow/Tychowo, Poland). POW. MACR 5393.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 36th Bomb Squadron (Radar Counter Measures).

36th Bomb Squadron

  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A B-24D Liberator 'Carpetbagger' - extensively modified for specialised operations - taxiis on the perimeter track at Harrington airfield. Printed caption on reverse: 'A Carpetbagger B-24D taxiing on the perimeter at Harrington. Photo - "Red" Monaghan.'

492nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

801st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Russell John Byrne

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 801st Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-2045266
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Joseph Arthur Caron

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 801st Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 11031480
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Roy Clinton Koons

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 801st Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 13135663
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer

Ralph Leindorf

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 801st Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: O-806997
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Kenneth Pratt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 801st Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: O-738024
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-63784

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 801st Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group

Places

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Wounded In Action

6 June 1944 wounded on 6 June 1944, he was treated in the Luftwaffe Hospital in Saint-Gilles, Brussels.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 6 June 1944 - 2 July 1945 Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16

Born

Terry City, Texas

Revisions

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Added some punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.
Added a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 4 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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MACR 5393
NARA WWII POW database

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MACR 5393

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Combat Chronology, http://www.801492.org/MainMenu.htm / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia