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Olen G Williams

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  • Crew 517 Marney Mason/Clinton Caverne CREW Standing Left to Right: James R. Easton (TG), Rolfe E. Lund (LWG), William F. Wentz (FE), Stephen W. Forton (RWG), Olin G. Williams (R/O) Wayne H. Zierk (BTG) Kneeling Left to Right: Marney T. Mason (P), Clinton H. Caverne (CP/P), John G.J. O'Brien (N), John P. Mulkern (B) This crew was shot down on their first mission with Caverne acting as first pilot. Mason flew the mission with the Skaggs Crew. All the crew were KIA including Gordon Sinclair (CP) replacing Mason and James L. Davis (TG) replacing Eaton. The Skaggs crew was shot down within days and Mason was KIA. Eaton had been KIA earlier while flying with the Garrett Crew.

    Crew 517 Marney Mason/Clinton Caverne CREW Standing Left to Right: James R. Easton (TG), Rolfe E. Lund (LWG), William F. Wentz (FE), Stephen W. Forton (RWG), Olin G. Williams (R/O) Wayne H. Zierk (BTG) Kneeling Left to Right: Marney T. Mason (P), Clinton H. Caverne (CP/P), John G.J. O'Brien (N), John P. Mulkern (B) This crew was shot down on their first mission with Caverne acting as first pilot. Mason flew the mission with the Skaggs Crew. All the crew were KIA including Gordon Sinclair (CP) replacing Mason and James L. Davis (TG) replacing Eaton. The Skaggs crew was shot down within days and Mason was KIA. Eaton had been KIA earlier while flying with the Garrett Crew.

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  • Page 1 of 466th Bomb Group 'Roll of Honor' at All Saints Church, Weston Longville.

    Page 1 of 466th Bomb Group 'Roll of Honor' at All Saints Church, Weston Longville.

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  • MACR 3843 42-52555

    MACR 3843 42-52555 "Ole Tom Cat" 466th BG | 785th BS 09 Apr 1944

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  • WILLIAMS, Olen G. S/SGT 36214822 Air Medal Certificate DAF GO# 47 15 Dec 1953

    WILLIAMS, Olen G. S/SGT 36214822 Air Medal Certificate DAF GO# 47 15 Dec 1953

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Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-24 #4252555 'Ol' Tom Cat. ' Killed in Action (KIA).

Service

People

  • Marney Mason

    Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
    Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-24 #42-52582. Crashed at Hann-Strehen. Killed in Action (KIA). PH

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Units served with

  • 466th Bomb Group

    466th Bomb Group

    Group
    The 466th Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators from Attlebridge, Norfolk, during the last year of the war in Europe. The Group flew 232 missions in the course of the year and celebrated the 100th one by inviting local people onto the base to mark the...

  • 785th Bomb Squadron

    785th Bomb Squadron

    Squadron

Aircraft

Associated Place

  • Attlebridge

    Military site : airfield
    Attlebridge was constructed for RAF use and completed to that standard in 1942. However, with news that it was to be assigned to the American Air Force, the runways were extended and additional hardstandings and outbuildings constructed for the heavy...

Events

Event Location Date
Born Post, Texas, USA
Killed in Action (KIA) North Sea 9 April 1944

KIA when his battle damaged B-24 was forced to ditch in the North Sea. All 10 men were KIA
Buried 1945

Tablets of The Missing
Nationality
American
Nickname
Not yet known
Service numbers
36214822
Highest rank
Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade)
Role/job
Radio Operator
Awards
  • Air Medal
  • European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
  • Purple Heart
  • World War II Victory Medal

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
28 August 2018 00:00:21 466thHistorian Changes to service number, highest rank, role, awards, events, person associations, place associations and media associations
Sources

https://abmc.gov/node/543509#.W4SOl2frs
Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom, page 174
Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:20:45 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3843 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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