John Jay Oling

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media-39667.jpeg UPL 39667 The B-24H Liberator - 42-94812 - LITTLE WARRIOR, shown with Pilot John Jay Oling - standing third from right - at Mountain Home, Idaho, before flying 42-94812 to the UK. Lt. John Jay Oling from the 490th Bomb Group, the 850th Bomb Squadron confirms that he flew this plane to England. This photo was made before Lt. Oling and the crew decided on and painted the name they wanted on 42-94812. At no time was 42-94812 ever called, LITTLE LAKASSAKY. The crew did want to put on a somewhat risqué name, but their concept was squashed as being too bold. The crew then came up with the LITTLE WARRIOR design which was quickly approved. The crew hired a sergeant to paint the design on the nose. It turned out so poorly that Lt. Oling removed it and repainted the nose art himself. It remained unchanged until the day that Lt. Hansen's crew went down with the plane.
The Crew are Back Row L-R
Ralph D. Sanderson - Gunner, John V. Hook - Navigator, Fred I. Griffith - Copilot, John Jay Oling - Pilot, Richard H. Tausch - Bombardier,
John J. Hettrich - R.O.
Front Row, L-R:
Stanley Novak - Engineer, Carl W. Johnson - Gunner, Harold A. Hutt - Gunner, Jose Molinar - Gunner

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Object Number - UPL 39667 - The B-24H Liberator - 42-94812 - LITTLE WARRIOR, shown with Pilot John Jay Oling - standing third from right - at Mountain Home, Idaho, before...

Lt. John Jay Oling was LITTLE WARRIOR's original pilot in the U.S. before he and his crew named it, LITTLE WARRIOR. He flew 42-94812 to Britain from the U.S. and chose the name, LITTLE WARRIOR and the Indian nose art for the Liberator bomber.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19181500
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Aerial Gunner

Aircraft

The B-24H Liberator, 42-94812, named, Little Warrior, in the 493rd Bomb Group in flight with its engines aflame. A veteran has handwritten on the reverse: 'To Roger Freeman, from a friend, Clifford Stocking. I took the picture 493rd BG, 862nd Sqd.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Little warrior
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron 861st Bomb Squadron

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Born

Chicago, Illinois

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Best Web - B-24 - 42-94812 - LITTLE WARRIOR

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Best Web - B-24 - LITTLE WARRIOR

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490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / 801st BG Roster, http://www.801492.org/MainMenu.htm / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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