TURNER Omar A - 330 BS 93 BGH

Omar Aldine TURNER

TURNER_Omar_A

From "The Atlanta Constitution", January 15, 1943

Source : Erik (Ellen Marchese)

NUMBER OF SERVICE

O-669815 (14094563)

AGE

27 yo

DATE OF BIRTH

31 October 1916 Atlanta, DeKalb County, GEORGIA

ENLISTMENT STATE

GEORGIA

FAMILY

Father : George I TURNER

RANK

Captain

FONCTION

Pilot

JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT

Clerks, general office

DATE of ENLISTEMENT

13 March 1942 Atlanta GEORGIA

SQUADRON

330^th Bomber Squadron

GROUP

93^rd Bomber Group, Heavy

ARMY

8^th US Air Force

DATE OF DEATH

11 February 1944

TURNER_Omar_A

Source : F Lavernhe

STATUS

KIA

PLACE OF DEATH

On a house in Rouxmesnil-Bouteilles - 1 km S Dieppe

DATA PLAN

B-24 Liberator - type D-20-CF - s/n 42-63978 AG*E "Lonesome Polecat"

B 24

Macr : 2858
Mission : Siracourt flying bomb sites (62)

Takeoff station 104 Hardwick, Norfolk UK -

Crew initially buried in the Les Vertus cemetery - Partial excavation by the ANSA near the town hall - 2 civilian victims by the fall of the plane (Raymond Leconte and his sister Jeannine) - Plane fell into several pieces - 6 planes in the fewer have been named "Lonesome Polecat"

Shot Down by Flak – 09:54

CEMETERY TEMPORARY

CEMETERY TEMPORARY of Les Vertus - Dieppe

them CEMETERY TEMPORARY of Saint André N°3572

3572 Saint André

Story of Cemetery Temporary

CEMETERY

NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville

Map of Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE

Plot	Row	Grave
D	18	32

DECORATION

Distinguished Flying Cross

Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal

Brevet Pilote

Distinguished Flying Cross

Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Photo FDLM

victory medal

combat infantryman badge

STORY

Crew of B-24 Liberator - type D-20-CF - s/n 42-63978 AGE "Lonesome Polecat"*
Cap	Omar A	TURNER	Pilot	Dead	Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer	O-669815 - DFC/AM+3/PH - Fils de George I Turner, Atlanta, Georgia
1Lt	Hubert R	TARDIF	CoPilot	Dead	Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer	O-731694 - AM+3/PH - Fils de Florence Tardif, Denver, Colorado
2Lt	Wilfried J	KOEHN	Navigator	Dead	Rock Island Nat Cem. E.390 - ILLINOIS	O-795263 - 25 ans - Né le 27/01/1919 - Illinois
2Lt	Theodore H	OLSON	Bomber	Dead	Cim St-Laurent-sur-Mer	O-669387 - DFC/AM/PH - Minnesota
T/Sgt	Mitchell W	POWELL	Radio	Dead	Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer	38181478 - DFC/AM+3/PH - Fils de Pearl Z Powell, Gotebo, Oklahoma
S/Sgt	Willis D	KING	Gunner	Dead	Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer	14005640 - AM+2 - Tallahassee, Florida
S/Sgt	Robert E	HAGEY	Gunner	Dead	Southlawn Cem. B.201.1 - South Ben, INDIANA	15103517 - 21 ans - Né en 1923 - South Bend, Indiana
S/Sgt	Ruel K	BOONE	Gunner	Dead	Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer	6923409 - AM+3/PH - Fort Hill, South Carolina
S/Sgt	Herbert Joseph	GARROW	Gunner	Dead	Riverdale Cem. Lewiston, Niagara Co, NEW YORK	32551821 - 22 ans - Né le 29/07/1921 - Fils de Théodore et Hazel M Garrow; époux de Clarice Ruth (Ross) Finley - Niagara Falls, New York
T/Sgt	Clifford A	STAFFORD	Mecanic	Dead	Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer	37211296 - DFC/AM+3/PH - Fils de Cleo Stafford, Thayer, Kansas
Source : DON MORRISON http://www.b24bestweb.com/lonesomepolecat-v4.htm					Source : https://www.aerosteles.net/stelefr-rouxmesnilbouteilles-b24