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an- ; from the Allied capitals, ofCapt. Olson, U. S. Ace, Shot Down Near Brunswickents an thly ility KingPCO- Br ,he Associated Presa.A UNITED STATES MUSTANGs as FIGHTER BASE IN BRITAIN.1943 April 8 (Delayed by Censor*.—Capt.to‘ Norman E. Olson. 29-year-old flightI commander, who was the leading aceriaet at thls base with seven enemy planes ^ | destroyed, was shot down today 13 “ while strafing a Nazi airdrome near J at Brunswick, Germany.5V*n Capt. Olson and others were re-turning from a raid on Brunswick cul when a crippled ME-109 led them to the field. The Americans destroyed em- six German planes on the ground, and Capt. Olson was shot down by k if ground fire while making his third out- pass at the field. Capt. John Elder.Ebensburg. Pa., said the Olson plane Hies'dove straight into the ground.” that He declared the flyer would not apse have been killed if he had made itrol only one pass as the others did. pain Capt. Olson named his plane Ma Fran” in tribute to his wife. Frances.ram who lives at Orlando- Fla- His par-ents live at North Fargo, N. Dak. iay The veteran of more than 100 - missions. Capt: Olson was a commercial photographer in Eau Claire, ices Wis* be*ore entering the Army in e j‘_ 1941 as an enlisted man. He had vic_ won the Distinguished Flying Cross.Fight inflation . . . Speed inva-med sion . . . Buy more bonds!ourThetritwee1thotoindtheAmuncAmSlOf“FcFr01ByAdlsvescirecarThcorgiezinCanlt;thefrotriitheare1sai/driwitgrcOo
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Evening Star
Washington, Washington-DC, US
Tue, May 09, 1944
Page 35
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