Kenneth Adams
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down on 30-Jan-44 in B-17 42-31535, Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2876
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Charles McDonald Olson
Military
Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick in B-17 42-31535; shot down by enemy aircraft on 30-Jan-44, baled out near Essern, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2876
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Service
People
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Arvid Dahl
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 2 tours (47 missions) Schweinfurt August 1943 and 14 October 1943; acting C. O. 524th Sq August - November 1944; Pilot B-17 first (and only) glide bomb mission on Cologne 1943; flew only squadron Group Wing leads...
Units served with
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8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945. ... -
379th Bomb Group
Group
The 379th Bomb Group (H) (heavy), based at Kimbolton, flew more sorties than any other Bomb Group in the Eighth Air Force and dropped a greater bomb tonnage than any other Group. The B-17 Flying Fortress Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit... -
527th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-31040 Duffy's Tavern
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 13/9/43; Scott 21/9/43; Assigned 527BS/379BG [FO-A] Kimbolton 27/9/43. [The crewmen shown in FRE 1236 would have been Captain Arvid Dahl's crew: ... -
42-31535
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 19/11/43; Kearney 2/12/43; Syracuse 8/12/43; Presque Is 11/12/43; Assigned 527BS/379BG [FO-Y] Kimbolton 24/1/44; Missing in Action Brunswick 30/1/44 with Ken Adams, Co-pilot: Jack Bowden, Navigator: Vince Morkus, Bombardier: Leon...
Associated Place
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Kimbolton
Military site : airfield
Planned for RAF use, Kimbolton airfield was built by W and C French Ltd. in 1941. The airfield was increased in size to accommodate a full US heavy Bomb Group, and the first such unit to us it was the 91st Bomb Group, who arrived in September 1942.... -
Stalag Luft IV
Other location
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Dulag Luft 12
Other location
Events
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| Born | Elizabethton, Tennessee | 10 July 1924 |
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Son of Edwin O and Lula W Olson. |
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| Enlisted | Richmond, VA | 24 November 1942 |
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Richmond, Virginia |
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| Based | Kimbolton | 1943 – 30 January 1944 |
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Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Prisoner of War (POW) | Tychowo, Poland | 30 January 1944 – May 1945 |
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Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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| Baled out POW | Essern, Germany | 30 January 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick in B-17 42-31535; shot down by enemy aircraft on 30-Jan-44, baled out near Essern, Germany. POW MACR 2876 |
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| Died | 28 February 2005 | |
| Buried | Glenwood Cemetery and Chapel Mausoleum, Bristol, Sullivan County, TN | March 2005 |
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Glenwood Cemetery and Chapel Mausoleum |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 28 June 2020 14:16:24 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, nickname, service number, biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/685152540 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:05:51 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2876 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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