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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Roy W. Olsen

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Cedar Falls, Iowa

Honored By

A Grateful American

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Activity During WWII

CAPTAIN, PILOT, 319TH SQUADRON (ASTERPERIOUS), 90TH BOMB GROUP 'JOLLY ROGERS', 5TH AIR FORCE, SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. HE FLEW THE 'PELLY-CAN', NOT HIS REGULAR PLANE, ON A RAID ON MAKASSER. HIS AIRCRAFT WAS DELIBERATELY HIT FROM BEHIND BY A JAPANESE FIGHTER AND BOTH CRASHED INTO THE SEA. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THESE MANEUVERS WERE SEEN AND HE WAS NOT PREPARED FOR THESE MOVES. KILLED JUNE 23, 1943. AWARDED SILVER STAR, LEGION OF MERIT, DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS WITH OAK LEAF CLUSTER, PURPLE HEART, BRITISH DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS.