Albert H Oser
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 60169 - Albert H. Oser, S/Sgt., 328th BS, 93rd BG. Colonel John H. Hayden congratulates S/Sgt. Albert H. Oser after presenting him the Distinguished Flying...
Albert Oser took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on the Ploesti oil fields, Rumania, on 1 August 1943, flying on B-24 Liberator "First Sergeant" / "Thar She Blows" #42-40127.
He was Tail Gunner on B-24D #42-41004 “The Urgin' Virgin” which was lost in the North Sea on the 13 November 1943 mission to Bremen, Germany, with all 11 men onboard still missing. Killed In Action (KIA).
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14038257 at enlistment, then O-801031
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (2nd Air Division)
- Service Numbers: 39230519 - O-742896
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 496th Fighter Training Group 93rd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 06984772
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Cameraman
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16034774
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
19 January 1942 | Boston, Massachusetts | |
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Other Killed In Action (KIA) |
13 November 1943 | in the ditching in the North Sea of B-24D #42-41004 | |
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Born |
Massachusetts | the son of Albert and Lillian E. Oser | |
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Born |
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts | ||
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Born |
Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts | ||
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Buried |
Albert Oser is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge |
Revisions
MACR 2182
WWII Enlistment Records
ABMC website
Wallace R. Forman's "B-24 Nose Art Name Directory"
Added a “ ’ ” at Urgin in the Summary biography – Source : Wallace R. Forman's "B-24 Nose Art Name Directory"
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
ABMC; MACR 2182 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2182 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database