Marlowe Bayne Olson

Military

Marlowe Olson was Navigator on B-24H #42-52175 'Portland Anne' on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 March 1944. The Liberator made a forced-landing near Balkburg, 3,5km SE of Avereest, Overijssel Province, The Netherlands. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

453rd Bomb Group

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

732nd Bomb Squadron

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

People

Donald E Anderson

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 732nd Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator

Bon E Boswell

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 732nd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 35166020
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Everett G Ehrman

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 732nd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-681972
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

William H Hammond

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 732nd Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Morgan E Hartman

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 732nd Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-52175

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 732nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

A bomber crew of the 381st Bomb Group return to base after a mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31761) nicknamed "Rotherhithe's Revenge". Image stamped on reverse: 'Sunday Pictorial for Censor.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 10 Mar 1944.' [stamp] and '310673.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'BACK FROM BERLIN. Scenes this week at a Bomber station of the U.S. Air Force , somewhere in England. The crew of the Flying Fortress "Rotherhithe's Revenge", a British subscribed ship

8th Air Force 252

Date: 8 March 1944

Places

Old Buckenham

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Date	Description
Born	14 April 1920	Gross, Boyd County, Nebraska
Enlisted	9 April 1942	Omaha, Nebraska
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	8 March 1944	Interned at Stalag Luft 3 in Sagan/Zagan, Poland. Force-marched from there to Stalag 7A in Moosburg, Germany. Liberated there by US troops on 29 April 1945. NARA WWII POW record :"Returned to Military Control 12 June 1945."
Died	19 July 2008
		Bristow, Boyd County, Nebraska

Revisions

Date3 Apr 2020 14:36:07

ContributorED-BB

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Sources

MACR 2928
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
German report KU-1175 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/139536577
Veterans BIRLS death data file

Date12 Jan 2018 02:30:17

ContributorNebNav

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Personal history

Date27 Sep 2014 18:19:40

ContributorAAM

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2928, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces