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Everett W. Holstrom. Everett Wayne Holstrom (4 May 1916 – 2 December 2000) was a United States Army Air Forces bomber pilot and participant of the Doolittle Raid during World War II. He retired from the United States Air Force in 1969 at the rank of brigadier general. [1]
- May 4, 1916, Cottage Grove, Oregon, U.S.
- December 2, 2000 (aged 84), Soldotna, Alaska, U.S.
He holds the U.S. Air Force aeronautical rating of command pilot and is also entitled to wear the U.S. Air Force Missile Badge. (Current as of April 1964) Everett W. (Brick) Holstrom was born at Cottage Grove, Ore., in 1916. He graduated from Pleasant Hill High School, Pleasant Hill, Ore., in 1934, and attended Oregon State College from that ...
Everett W. "Brick" Holstrom, 0-397395, Brigadier General. Pilot Crew 4. Graduated from Pleasant Hill High School, Pleasant Hill, Oregon, in 1934 and attended Oregon State College until he entered military service at Fort Lewis, Washington in December 1939. Commissioned as Second Lieutenant and rated as pilot upon graduation from Kelly Field in ...
First Lieutenant Everett W. “Brick” Holstrom led crew number four (40-2282) to Tokyo but they were attacked by enemy fighter planes and, with only one machine gun operable, were forced to dump their bombs into Tokyo Bay. They escaped the fighters and bailed out over Shangrao, where civilians led them to safety.
Vietnam War. Tribute: Everett Holstrom was born on May 4, 1916, in Cottage Grove, Oregon. He enlisted in the Oregon Army National Guard on August 7, 1934, and was trained as a radio operator, serving until he enlisted in the Aviation Cadet Program of the U.S. Army Air Corps on December 26, 1939. He was commissioned a 2d Lt and awarded his pilot ...
Aug 14, 2023 · General Everett W. Holstrom died on December 2, 2000, at the age of 84 in Soldotna, Alaska. He was cremated and his ashes were interred at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. The couple had numerous grand and great-grandchildren.
Apr 18, 2022 · Holstrom, Everett W., Lt. (later Brig. Gen.), Pilot of Crew 4, 95th Bomb Squadron, B-25B serial number 40-2282. Born in Cottage Grove, graduated Pleasant Hill High School, attended Oregon State College before he entered military service at Fort Lewis, WA in 1939.
