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Odell M Bascom

Military

flew with Lt Jacob Laderman crew. 18 combat missions flown. from original 493rd BG records Odell flew in various positions . shown as flight engineer or top turret on several missions , but primary role was as waist gunner.

Shot down 19 September 1944 in AC #43-38209. Killed in Action (KIA).

AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster

Service

People

  • Jacob Laderman

    Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 493rd Bomb Group
    Assigned to 860BS, 493BG, 8AF USAAF. Killed in Action on 19-Sep-44 in B-17 43-38209. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10212 Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.

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Units served with

  • 493rd Bomb Group

    493rd Bomb Group

    Group
    The 493rd Bomb Group was the last Eighth Air Force Group to become operational, flying their first combat mission from Debach, Suffolk, on D-Day, 6 June 1944. The Group was known as "the Fighting 493rd", named by their Commanding Officer Colonel Elbert...

  • 860th Bomb Squadron

    860th Bomb Squadron

    Squadron

Aircraft

  • 43-38209

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Cheyenne 7/7/44; Kearney 18/7/44; Grenier 3/8/44; Assigned 860BS/493BG Debach 3/4/44; Missing in Action Hamm 19/9/44 with Jake Laderman, Co-pilot: Walt Beriont, Navigator: Albt Wick, Bombardier: John Muzii, Flight engineer/top turret gunner:...

Events

Event Location Date
Born Red Oak, Oklahoma, USA
Killed in Action (KIA) Germany 19 September 1944
Died 19 September 1944
Buried
Nationality
American
Nickname
Not yet known
Service numbers
39413883
Highest rank
Staff Sergeant
Role/job
Waist Gunner
Awards
Not yet known

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
02 June 2022 11:46:32 Darren Jelley Changes to role and biography
Sources

493rd BG Archives
Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:20:44 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Helton s Hellcats, A Pictorial History of the 493rd BG, pub 1998; ABMC; MACR 10212, http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php / MACR 10212 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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