Oliver Robertson

Military

UPL 71959 UPL 71959 Sgt Oliver Robertson

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Object Number - UPL 71959 - Sgt Oliver Robertson

Assigned to 828BS, 485BG, 15 AF USAAF. Failed to return Linz, Austria 20-Jan-45 in B-24 42-52718 'Valiant Lady'; ran low on fuel, heading for the emergency strip on Viz Island, Yugoslavia. Engines cut out 2 miles short of the runway and was ditched into Viz harbour, whereupon the ship broke into two and sank. The crew at the front of the ship drowned including Oliver. Killed in Action (KIA)

Awards: PH

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Units served with

485th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

828th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery

Site type: Cemetery

Venosa

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Date	Description
Born	15 April 1924	BornLivermore, Kentucky
Enlisted	10 November 1942	EnlistedLexington, Kentucky
Died Killed in Action (KIA)	20 January 1945	Killed in Action (KIA)Off Yugoslavia coast
Buried	10 February 1950	Re-InterredJefferson Barracks National CemeteryLemay, St. Louis County, Missouri