Oliver Patrick Minihane
Military
Names in the photo
Object Number - UPL 41448 - Harvey P Ryder crew 306BG/369squadron
may have changed the spelling of his name from Olivor Moynihane prior to the war. Appears to have become a naturalized US citizen in 1940. He retired from the Reserve in 1982. A graduate of St John's University he had his own advertising agency in Wayne NJ.
Connections
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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: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37679193
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Drive It Home
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Cork City, Ireland | 9 July 1922 | |
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Enlisted |
New York, NY | 30 June 1942 | 210 West 85th Street |
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Died |
Brick Township, NJ | 3 October 1996 | |
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Buried |
Tinton Falls, NJ | 6 October 1996 | Monmouth Memorial Park Tinton Falls, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA |
Revisions
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Contributorjmoore43
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Sources
Added a connection to "Harvey Ryder" mentioned in the photo attached to Harvey Ryder.
ContributorAAM
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Sources
306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia