Vernon Ellsworth Olson
MilitaryUSAAF official photos
Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Amiens-Glisy, France in B-17 42-29635 'Augerhead' on 31-Aug-43; Flak hits slowed ship down then enemy aircraft struck. Crashed Northeast of Dieppe, France. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 470
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11095636
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35043171
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11039617 and O-797343
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39085856
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Photographer
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Augerhead
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 31 August 1943
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Hartland, MN | 5 August 1917 | |
Enlisted |
Fort Lewis, Washington | 26 August 1940 | Fort Lewis, Washington |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems an der Donau, Austria | 31 August 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XVIIb. |
Other Baled out POW |
Dieppe, France | 31 August 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Amiens-Glisy, France in B-17 42-29635 'Augerhead' on 31-Aug-43; Flak hits slowed ship down then enemy aircraft struck. Crashed Northeast of Dieppe, France. POW MACR 470 |
Other Discharged USAAF |
31 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Santa Cruz, CA | 16 October 1998 | |
Buried |
Elm Park Cemetery Baudette, Lake of the Woods County, MN | 20 October 1998 | Elm Park Cemetery Baudette, Lake of the Woods County, MN |
Based |
Molesworth | 31 August 1943 | Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Narberth, PA |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/38294275
https://www.fold3.com/image/542712060
https://www.fold3.com/record/67308128-vernon-e-olson
https://www.fold3.com/record/84935036-vernon-e-olson
https://www.fold3.com/record/629124868-vernon-olson-1917
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51976188/vernon-ellsworth-olson
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 470;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 470