Name | Olstad, Kermit Iver ‡ |
Rank | Sergeant / Staff Sergeant |
Serial Number | 37433533 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #141 dated 12 November 1943, effective 12 November 1943. |
Duty | Flexible Gunner |
MOS | 748 - Army Airplane Mechanic / Gunner, Flight Engineer |
Last Duty Date | 24 April 1944 |
Results |
Killed In Action Final Resting Place or Memorial: Ardennes American Cemetery, Neupré, Belgium: Plot C Row 10 Grave 53 |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 4352⇓ (41.543 MB) |
Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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2nd Lt. Booska, Maurice Arthur⇗ | Pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Alloway, Ralph Hugh⇗ | Co-pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Hock, Robert Edward⇗ | Navigator | POW |
2nd Lt. Ackerson, Donald Richard⇗ | Bombardier | POW |
S/SGT. Hill, Edward Theodore⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | POW |
S/SGT. Farrow, Thomas Chapell⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | POW |
S/SGT. Carvell, John Patrick⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | CT |
S/SGT. Karcher, Norbert Raymond, "Red"⇗ | Tail Gunner | KIA |
SGT. Olstad, Kermit Iver | Flexible Gunner | KIA |
SGT. Pond, Jesse Elmore⇗ | Flexible Gunner | CT |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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38⇗ | 29 November 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑29554⇗ |
Did not take off; engines had insufficient oil pressure, and no Spare Aircraft were available. Sortie Report⇗ |
39⇗ | 1 December 1943 |
Target: Non-Ferrous Metals Plant Type: Industry Location: Solingen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑37801⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
40⇗ | 5 December 1943 |
Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑29723⇗ |
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Sortie Report⇗ |
41⇗ | 11 December 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 41‑24525⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Flying spare. Unable to locate the 384th formation, joined the 381st BG (1st Combat Wing). Sortie Report⇗ |
42⇗ | 13 December 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑3087⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead group. Sortie Report⇗ |
43⇗ | 16 December 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 41‑24525⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at RAF Wyton. Sortie Report⇗ |
49⇗ | 4 January 1944 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Kiel, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑3051⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑37776. Sortie Report⇗ |
51⇗ | 7 January 1944 |
Target: Powerhouse Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑37788⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
54⇗ | 21 January 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑37788⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41B Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
55⇗ | 29 January 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Parts Plants Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑37788⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗ |
56⇗ | 30 January 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑37788⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead group. Sortie Report⇗ |
63⇗ | 20 February 1944 |
Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑37788⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41B Group, Low Squadron Lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
64⇗ | 21 February 1944 |
Target: Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Werl, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑37788⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
65⇗ | 22 February 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt & Aschersleben, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑31433⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41B Group, Low Squadron Lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
66⇗ | 24 February 1944 |
Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑31495⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Wing deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
67⇗ | 25 February 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly & Ball Bearings Plants Type: Industry Location: Augsburg & Stuttgart, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑31433⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41A Group, Low Squadron Lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
69⇗ | 2 March 1944 |
Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant and Machine Shop Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑31433⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
75⇗ | 16 March 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑31871⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group deputy, high group, 40th B Combat Wing. Sortie Report⇗ |
78⇗ | 20 March 1944 |
Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑38208⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead. Col William A Travis (41st Bomb Wing) was aboard this aircraft as copilot. Sortie Report⇗ |
79⇗ | 22 March 1944 |
Target: Heinkel Aircraft Assembly Plant at Annahof Airfield Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑31433⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
80⇗ | 23 March 1944 |
Target: Airdrome and Airpark Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Gütersloh, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑31433⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead, lead group. Sortie Report⇗ |
82⇗ | 26 March 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Le Grismont, Rebecques, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑31433⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
86⇗ | 9 April 1944 |
Target: FW-190 Fighter Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Marienburg, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97072⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead, lead group. Sortie Report⇗ |
87⇗ | 10 April 1944 |
Target: Evere Airfield (50°54'3"N 4°20'9"E) Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97072⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
91⇗ | 19 April 1944 |
Target: Fieseler Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel (Waldau), Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑3441⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
92⇗ | 20 April 1944 |
Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Sottevast, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97150⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit A Wing, High group. Sortie Report⇗ |
93⇗ | 22 April 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hamm, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑97150⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at RAF Manston, Kent, on return due to battle damage. Sortie Report⇗ |
94⇗ | 24 April 1944 |
Target: Dornier-Werke GMBH Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑38158⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return High Squadron lead, lead group. Hit by direct flak burst on bomb run; a/c blew up in mid-air after bomb release. MACR 4352 Sortie Report⇗ |