Floyd Henry Ohlson
MilitaryShot down 26 November 1943 in B-17 #42-5051 'Barrel House Bessie'. Plane ditched in North Sea. Returned to base. Shot down and crashed near Cherbourg, France on a mission to Frankfurt am Main on 8 February 1944 in B-17G #42-39784 'Cabin in the Sky' (MACR 2496) - Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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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: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13067778
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32373835
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Cabin In The Sky
- Unit: Base Air Depot 1 303rd Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Barrel House Bessie
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron 303rd Bomb Group 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 8 February 1944
- Date: 26 November 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Summit, New Jersey, USA | 4 July 1917 | |
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Enlisted |
6 January 1941 | Newark, New Jersey | |
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Other rescued after ditching |
26 November 1943 | of B-17 42-5051 on return from the Bremen mission | |
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Other captured and made Prisoner of War (POW) |
8 February 1944 | in the loss of B-17 42-39784 which crashed about 7km SE of Cherbourg, France | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
8 February 1944 | interned at Stalag Luft 1 in Barth, Germany. NARA WWII POW records : "Returned to Military Control 30 May 1945." | |
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Died |
2 July 2009 | ||
| Union County, New Jersey | |||
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Buried |
Floyd Ohlson rests at the Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Revisions
MACR 1579 and MACR 2496
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
SSDI Death Index
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1579 / MACR 1579, MACR 2496, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / MACR 2496 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database