James G Olson

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed when his aircraft was in a mid air collision with B-17, #44-38859, on 26 April 1945.

See full story at http://www.bcar.org.uk/1945-incident-logs.

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

44-8687

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Washington, DC, USA 12 January 1921

Other

Killed in Action

Lutton Marsh, Spalding, Lincolnshire PE12, UK 26 April 1945

Buried

East Farmingdale, NY, USA

Revisions

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Added a "-" to the A/C type in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Details added from:
http://www.486th.org/Personnel/S2.htm;
http://www.bcar.org.uk/1945-incident-logs;
http://www.findagrave.com

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Details added from:
http://www.486th.org/Personnel/S2.htm;
http://www.bcar.org.uk/1945-incident-logs;
http://www.findagrave.com

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Combat Sup / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia