Victor Robert Olson

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Object Number - UPL 80614 - Reuel's revenge 388th bomb group Shot down 28 September 1944.

Assigned to 560BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed near Merseburg in B-17 42-97219 'Reuel's Revenge', Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 9378



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 388th Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35352718
  • Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-10706) nicknamed "Miss Bea Havin'" of the 388th Bomb Group flies over countryside. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Miss Bea Havin 2107062 M, 562 BS.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Worry Bird/Miss Bea Haven
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
Reuel's revenge after being shot down in Germany.
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Reuel's Revenge
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Oregon, USA 4 November 1922

Enlisted

Roswell, NM, USA 26 July 1942 Roswell, New Mexico

Died

28 September 1944

Buried

Golden Gate National Cemetery San Bruno, San Mateo County, CA 8 June 1949 Golden Gate National Cemetery San Bruno, San Mateo County, California
Tuolumne County, CA, USA

Based

Knettishall 28 September 1944 Assigned to 560BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9378
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3616876/victor-r-olson#

NARA enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=2&tf=F&q=vic…

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html

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