Oliver Abbott Shaw Jr
Military
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UPL 16404
Crew #601
J.B. Warren Crew
466th BG - 786th BS
B-24H-20-FO #42-94974 "Off Limit's Again" Code: U8-T
Standing Left to Right: S.G. Thomas (BTG), Robert N. Hodson (WG), Emerson G. Hall (FE), E. Waller (WG), Milton H. Holly (R/O), Glenn W. Hulse (TG)
Kneeling Left to Right: J.B. Warren (P), William J. Morris (CP), Oliver A. Shaw (N), Elmer A. Jorgensen (B)
The first crew assigned to the 786th BS, they completed a 30 mission combat tour. Jorgensen then served as 786th BS Bombardier 466th Bomb Group collection
J.B. Warren Crew
466th BG - 786th BS
B-24H-20-FO #42-94974 "Off Limit's Again" Code: U8-T
Standing Left to Right: S.G. Thomas (BTG), Robert N. Hodson (WG), Emerson G. Hall (FE), E. Waller (WG), Milton H. Holly (R/O), Glenn W. Hulse (TG)
Kneeling Left to Right: J.B. Warren (P), William J. Morris (CP), Oliver A. Shaw (N), Elmer A. Jorgensen (B)
The first crew assigned to the 786th BS, they completed a 30 mission combat tour. Jorgensen then served as 786th BS Bombardier 466th Bomb Group collection
466th BG Historian
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Off Limit's Again
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Winona, MS, USA | 16 April 1918 | |
Died |
Warren, MI, USA | 7 February 2003 | Oliver served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during WW II, and retired from the Air Force as a Lt. Colonel, returning to service in abt 1951, because he was in the reserves. After his final retirement from the Air Force, Oliver worked at Boeing and then a military tank command in Michigan until his death. He was born in Winona, Miss and died in Warren, Michigan. |
Buried |
Oxford, MS, USA | 14 February 2003 | Oxford Memorial Cemetery Oxford Lafayette County Mississippi, USA |
Oxford, MS, USA | Jackson Street | ||
Enlisted |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom and Brassfield, page 350 & Page 404 in the book 2ND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition (D790.A2S45)