Kenneth L Olsen

Military
media-36973.jpeg UPL 36973 "Lead crew on bombing mission to Sottevast, France, beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 427th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group. England, 8 May 1944."

Rear L-R: 2Lt Dallas E Kendall, 1Lt Kenneth L Olsen, 1Lt George T Orvis, S/Sgt Craig W Winters, Capt Ingvald M Iverson, Col Edgar E Snyder, Capt Dean L Barnes

Front L-R: Sgt Andrew G Benevento, S/Sgt John B Price, T/Sgt Willie T Sparks, S/Sgt John R Chancellor

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Object Number - UPL 36973 - "Lead crew on bombing mission to Sottevast, France, beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 427th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group. England, 8 May...

Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 31 x combat missions.

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Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

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

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Molesworth Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://303rdbg.com/rost-nopq.html#N

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