Oliver Abbott Shaw Jr

Military
media-16404.jpeg 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

466th BG Historian

Object Number - 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...

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • 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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research provided by genealogist Marcia Melnyk

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466th BG Historian

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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)

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