World War II Honoree

Oliver Louis Fix, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Cleveland, Ohio

Honored By

William David Wilson, 6BG Co-Hist

He served in the 6th Bomb Group; he was in the 40th Bomb Squadron stationed on North Field on Tinian Island. He was from Cleveland, Ohio. He was the Radar Operator on B-29 serial number 42-93939, named 'Little Giant' when it took off from Tinian Island on 9 July 1945 for a night mine laying mission to the Shimonoseki Straights. (called Japan's Panama Canal as much of the shipping for Japan during WWII went thru these straits). Over the target area Flak was heavy and accurate, the B-29 was caught in a number of searchlights and sustained several direct flak hits and was seen to spiral down and crash in flames. It crashed offshore of Hesaki, Moji-shi, Fukuoka-ken. His remains were never recovered. He is memorialized at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu Hawaii; Courts of the Missing.