Oliver W Brown

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media-14000.jpeg UPL 14000 Raymond Sachtleben Crew. They originally flew B24 44-40146, the Sugar and Spice, but died when B24 42-95160 crashed near Garveston, Norfolk.
Back row, left to right...
• Gerald Hirschman, navigator
• Raymond Sachtleben, pilot
• Wallace Krueger, bombardier
Front row, left to right...
• Oliver Brown, gunner
• Harry Wensel, gunner
• William Laslo, radio operator
• Howard Schwegel, gunner
• Clarence Grimm, engineer

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Object Number - UPL 14000 - Raymond Sachtleben Crew. They originally flew B24 44-40146, the Sugar and Spice, but died when B24 42-95160 crashed near Garveston, Norfolk. Back...

Died in crash of B24 42-95160, Garvestone Norfolk

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Units served with

A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.

492nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-95160

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Air Engineering Squadron 2033rd Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

4 October 1929

Died

Garvestone, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK 4 June 1944 Died in crash of B24 42-95160

Buried

Lackawanna County, PA, USA Abington Hills Cemetery Scranton Lackawanna County Pennsylvania, USA

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http://www.garveston12.org.uk/

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Find A Grave Memorial# 92530055

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Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Oliver W Brown: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 13979 - Garveston, Norfolk, memorial

Object number: UPL 14000 - Raymond Sachtleben Crew. They originally flew B24...