The Man Behind the Name
§ Biography
Sgt. Orland J. Watson served as right waist gunner of B-24H 41-25590, 330th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group. He was killed in action on 29 March 1944 in the mid-air collision over Halesworth Station.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Rank
Sergeant
Serial Number
18065065
Missions flown.
1 catalogued · 29 Mar 1944
The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.
№
Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 284
29 Mar 1944
Watton
41-25590
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Sources.
§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1944
Official record