George Carl Janser
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 41070 - Robert W Metlen (Bob), George C Janser, Charles Carlson, and Arthur Pickett (Art) - a flight crew from the 8th Air Force, 96 bomb group, 339...
Staff Sergeant George C. Janser was born January 26, 1920. His parents were John and Stefania Janser. He was from Terryville, Connecticut.
On October 20, 1943, he was serving as the Tail Gunner aboard “Shack Rabbit III,” B-17 from the 413th Bomb Squadron, when it went down over Hensies, Belgium.
George Janser was hit on the first attack and was found dead in the tail section on the ground by Belgian civilians. Like the 3 other KIA on board, he was buried on 22 October 1943 at the Chièvres communal cemetery, near Ath, Belgium. His body was later repatriated to the United States. See the pages for those of his fellow crew members who managed to evade at www.evasioncomete.org >>> search on 42-30372.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17062836 and O-678500
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner / Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13061919 and O-797521
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35335090
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18075384 and O-747132
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32439050
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Shack Rabbit III
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Plymouth, Connecticut, United States | 26 January 1920 | Staff Sergeant George C. Janser was born January 26, 1920. His next of kin his parents, John and Stefania Janser. He was from Terryville, Connecticut. |
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Enlisted |
Hartford, Connecticut, United States | 7 May 1942 | |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
near Hensies, Belgium | 20 October 1943 | On October 20, 1943, he was serving as the Tail Gunner aboard “Shack Rabbit III,” B-17 tail #42-30372, of the 96th Bomb Group, 413th Bomb Squadron, when it went down over Hensies, Belgium. |
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Buried |
Saint Marys Cemetery, Terryville, Connecticut, United states | He is buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Terryville. | |
| Hartford, Connecticut, United States |
Revisions
IDPF and/or crash report researched by Bill Beigel. IDPF donated to American Air Museum by Bill Beigel. For more information about this flyer, you may contact http://ww2research.com.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1017 / MACR 1017; Snetterton Falcons pg 60 & 76 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
