World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Oliver R. Guillot
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Huntington Beach, California
Honored By
John Meurs
SERVED AS A WAIST-GUNNER WITH THE 392ND BOMB GROUP, 576TH BOMB SQUADRON, OF THE 8TH U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES BASED IN ENGLAND. ON SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1944, ON A MISSION TO BERLIN, ANOTHER B-24 COLLIDED WITH HIS BOMBER, THE B-24J, SERIAL # 41-100371, DURING AN ATTACK BY GERMAN FIGHTERS. HIS BOMBER LOST PART OF HIS LEFT WING. THE PILOT MANAGED A CRASH LANDING 14 MILES NORTH OF HANNOVER, GERMANY. HE SURVIVED THE LANDING AND WAS TAKEN PRISONER.