Jenner Joseph De Santis

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media-23995.jpeg UPL 23995 Jenner J. De Santis

The photograph is of Jenner taken after his commission as second lieutenant. Newspaper articles are from the Paterson NJ probably the Paterson evening news.
I attended at age 8, his going away party along with my parents listed as Mr & Mrs Charles Waterhouse. George Waterhouse (Jenner De Santis)

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Object Number - UPL 23995 - Jenner J. De Santis The photograph is of Jenner taken after his commission as second lieutenant. Newspaper articles are from the Paterson NJ...

Assigned to 850BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF. Davis crew. Local flights 18-Aug-44 in 43-38072; port U/C collapsed on third landing, RTD. 5 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Ludwigshaven in B-17 43-38009, crashed at Hochheim on 13-Sep-44, Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8855



At the point of the direct hit, was pinned in nose by centrifugal force, alongside bombardier Dick Wessel, unable to reach chute pack, never made it out of A/C with chute in the break-up.



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Albert Davis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-757610
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

43-38009

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron

43-38072

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron

Missions

628

  • Date: 13 September 1944
  • Official Description:

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'

Eye

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Paterson, New Jersey 12 December 1922 Son of Anthony De Santis.

Enlisted

Newark, NJ 15 December 1942 Newark, New Jersey

Died

Hochheim, Germany 13 September 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Ludwigshaven in B-17 43-38009, crashed at Hochheim on 13-Sep-44, KIA MACR 8855

Buried

Re-Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial St Avold, France Plot E Row 6 Grave 22

Based

Eye 13 September 1944 Assigned to 850BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28734499
https://www.fold3.com/image/28734551
https://www.fold3.com/image/674314826
https://www.fold3.com/image/310760505
https://www.fold3.com/record/83662589-jenner-j-de-santis
https://www.fold3.com/record/529890748-jenner-j-de-santis
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56654328/jenner-j-de_santis

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28734499
https://www.fold3.com/image/674314826
https://www.fold3.com/image/310760505
https://www.fold3.com/record/83662589-jenner-j-de-santis
https://www.fold3.com/record/529890748-jenner-j-de-santis
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56654328/jenner-j-de_santis

Date
ContributorLucy May
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http://abmc.gov/node/536923#.WcKWjE2Wzcs

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8855, Combat Chronology

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