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Personal info

Full name
OLSON, Elmer Richard
Date of birth
16 April 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33581286
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Radio Operator/Gunner
Unit
566th Bombardment Squadron,
389th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 July 1944
Place of death
Brumby, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 22 10

Immediate family

Members
Elmer A. Olson (father)
Mary W. (Sultzbach) Olson (mother)
Lucile N. (Reiter) Olson (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
41-28824
Data
Type: B-24H
Nickname: Sack Warmer "416"
Destination: Halle, Germany
MACR: 7363

More information

Elmer R. Olson gradauted from Morrisville High School.

He enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 1 February 1943. after basic training in Miami he attended the Air Corps Radio School in Chicago, Scott Field, Illinois and Las Vegas.

He was married to Lucile Reiter when he was stationed at Maren Field, California in March 1944.

The plane was hit by rockets fired by JU-88's and set fire to the it. Electric system was shot out so there was no more intercommunication. The plane blew up.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.389thbg.net, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Veteran Compensation Application File, Bristol Courier

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Morrisville High School Yearbook 1942