The Man Behind the Name
§ Biography
2nd Lt. Theodore H. Olson (O-669387) served as bombardier aboard B-24D 42-63978, 330th Bombardment Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group (H). The MACR spells his name 'Olson'; German burial records render it 'Lindore R. Olsen' — the MACR spelling and serial are taken as authoritative.
Olson was killed in action on 11 February 1944 near Dieppe, France. German records assign him individual grave No. 801 at the English Memorial Cemetery Les Vertus.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Rank
1st Lieutenant
Position
Bombardier
Serial Number
O-669387
Missions flown.
1 catalogued · 11 Feb 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
№ 218
11 Feb 1944
Siracourt, France
“Lonesome Polecat”
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Interment.
§ At Rest
Cemetery
Les Vertus English Memorial Cemetery
Location
Roumesnil-Languedoc, France
Sources.
§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1944
Official record