321stBG,448thBS, Lt Oren Olson, Pilot / mission in A/C No. 41-12926 (An Orig. 447th Ship)

448th BS Mission Summary: (Ops Order 282/mission 281) Group Mission # 244: Mission 199 (244). At 14:36 20 planes off to bomb RR bridge at Perugia and dropped 72 x 1000 bombs from 11,000 feet at 16:35 and 18 returned at 17:45. 2 planes lost. Plane #498 Lt. Edwards, pilot, 447th Squadron hit just after dropping bombs and seen to go down in flames and hit the ground; three chutes see, two open. Plane #552 Lt. Jones, Pilot, 448th Squadron crew reported plane hit just after leaving target and making controlled landing near small island in Lake Trasinieno. 17 planes holed. Escort 20 P-40’s. Bombs reported scattered with hits on both E and W approaches to bridge with other short and over E near road bridge to S. One report that W span of bridge was hit. Flak: Heavy intense, accurate and four gun salvos in SW of bridge along river and from batteries on W side of A/D and from NE of town. Also from Just E of Baschi and Orvieto, heavy, meager, and accurate. Weather: CAVU at target. F/L: Crowell.
Crowell, Weymouth (NMI), Jr., 1Lt, pilot Edwards, Lyle L., 1Lt, pilot Jones, Truman R., 2Lt, pilot.

A/C No. 41-12926
P Greene, William A., 1Lt
CP Olson, Orin E., 2Lt
N None
B Greene, Louis P., 2Lt
E Luton, Howard W., Sgt
R Dean, Wilmer J., S/Sgt
G Groome, Dangerfield M., Sgt
F None
****************Personal Information*******************
Olson, Orin Elmer, 1Lt., Pilot, Enlistment Service #:
Officer's Service # : O-810205
KILLED IN ACTION on 26 July 1944
National WWII Memorial, Washington, D.C.
Registry~NARA~War Department Files
Honoree Hometown Service Source
Orin E. Olson Eddy County, ND U.S. Army National Archives
1 LT Orin E. Olson ID: 0-810205
Branch of Service: U.S. Army
Hometown: Eddy County, ND
Status: KIA
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Nationwide Gravesite Locator
OLSON, ORIN E
1ST LT US ARMY
DATE OF BIRTH: 05/08/1919
DATE OF DEATH: 07/26/1944
BURIED AT: SECTION C-9 SITE 9127
FT. SNELLING NATIONAL CEMETERY
7601 34TH AVENUE, SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55450