Arvo Olavi Palmer
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 731st BS, 452BG, 8AF USAAF. 8 x combat missions. Continuous attacks by fighters on the return from a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8-Mar-44, forced B-17G 42-31354 to make a forced landing SE of Magdeburg. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3191
Awards: PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36107992 / O-747352
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lounge Lizard, Dixie Jane
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
Missions
![A bomber crew of the 381st Bomb Group return to base after a mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31761) nicknamed "Rotherhithe's Revenge". Image stamped on reverse: 'Sunday Pictorial for Censor.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 10 Mar 1944.' [stamp] and '310673.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'BACK FROM BERLIN. Scenes this week at a Bomber station of the U.S. Air Force , somewhere in England. The crew of the Flying Fortress "Rotherhithe's Revenge", a British subscribed ship](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380068.jpg.webp?itok=3h76SN3N)
- Date: 8 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Herman, Michigan, USA | 4 April 1919 | Son of John and Impi Palmer. |
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Enlisted |
Wausau, WI | 11 February 1941 | Wausau, Wisconsin |
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Died |
SE of Magdeburg | 8 March 1944 | Continuous attacks by fighters on the return from a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8-Mar-44, forced B-17G 42-31354 to make a forced landing SE of Magdeburg. KIA MACR 3191 |
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Buried |
Herman Cemetery Herman, Baraga County, MI | Re-Interred Herman Cemetery Herman, Baraga County, MI | |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Kimbolton | 8 March 1944 | Assigned to 731st BS, 452BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3191 / MACR 3191, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database