Olen Grant
Military
Object Number - UPL 68735 - Sgt Olen Grant
Assigned to 544BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 6-Sep-43 in B-17 41-24507 'Yankee Raider'. POW. MACR 772
Grant was seriously wounded on the 6 September 1943 mission, when a 20mm round from an enemy aircraft hit the right side of his head. Unable to bail out with rest of crew, and unconscious, he rode the plane down to a smooth landing - with no pilot. He was treated for several months in a German hospital before being sent to Stalag 17B.
He was repatriated in a prisoner exchange.
Awards: PH, POW, American campaign, EAME, WWII Victory.
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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: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-794606
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Yankee Raider
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 30 March 1945
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Benton, Arkansas | 5 April 1923 | BornBenton, Arkansas |
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Prisoner of war Prisoner of War (POW) |
6 September 1943 - 15 September 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW)Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria | |
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Other Repatriated |
Zone of the Interior | 25 September 1944 | Repatriated to ZISep-44 |
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Died |
28 September 2014 | ||
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Buried/ Commemorated |
Greenwood Cemetery Hot Springs, Arkansas | 1 October 2014 | InterredGreenwood CemeteryHot Springs, Arkansas |
