Oliver L Morris

Military
media-15483.jpeg UPL 15483 Oliver "Mo" Morris of the 453rd Bomb Group.

Object Number - UPL 15483 - Oliver "Mo" Morris of the 453rd Bomb Group.

Flew the southern route into the ETO via South America and Marrakech. Arrived in England but couldn't tell you what it was like - it was that foggy!



Flew 35 missions. On the first one you didn't know what you were going into and on the last one you couldn't wait until it was over!



Made friends with a British kid called Pat Ramm. Pat was 8 years old at the time they first met and went to school near to the base. The two are still friends in 2014.



Nearly all of Mo's crew stayed together throughout their tour and kept in touch after the war. His left waist gunner didn't make it through with them though. He was taken off flying duties on their 17th mission. For the rest of their tour they flew with one replacement gunner or another.

Mo says he's the only one of his crew still alive as of October 2014.



An interview with Mo was published by MySouTex.com in 2012: http://mysoutex.com/view/full_story_landing/20329454/article-An-old-fli…-

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Units served with

Colonel Larry Thomas of the 453rd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col Larry Thomas 453BG.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

Sleepytime gal 42-50426 damaged during mission ground looped and salvaged
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Sleepy Time Gal
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Tuleta, TX, USA 27 July 1921

Other

On VE Day

Amarillo, TX, USA 8 May 1945 Training to fly in B-29s

Born

Tuleta, TX, USA 10 October 2014

Based

Old Buckenham

Revisions

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Capitalized the words "Waist Gunner" in the "Role/job" field.

 

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ContributorLucy May
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ContributorJenny
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As told to me by Mo Morris.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Liberator Men of Old Buc

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