Sherwood W Olds

Military

On the mission to Rouen 12 Dec 1942, he was severly wounded by a 20mm shell bursting in the nose of his plane, hittin ghim in the head, shoulder and foot.



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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

31 July 1919

Died

27 August 2004

Buried

Forest Park West Cemetery, Houston, Texas

Revisions

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Sources

306th Bomb Group was part of 8th Air Force

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306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition, First Over Germany pg. 55,

http://www.locategrave.org/l/6273042/Sherwood-W-Olds-TX / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia