Robert Jackson Senff

Military
media-56946.jpeg UPL 56946 2nd Lt Robert J. Senff, 398BG.

Object Number - UPL 56946 - 2nd Lt Robert J. Senff, 398BG.

Assigned to 567BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY to 9AF for Ploesti mission. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti in B-24D, 41-177, Bashful. 1-Aug-43. Set afire over target, crashed south of Ploesti Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 171



Awards: DFC, PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-666317
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Jersey Jackass - Jersey Jerks - Bashful
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 98th Bomb Group

Missions

Places

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Soluch Airfield

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chillicothe, OH 10 May 1919 Son of Roy and Genevieve Senff.

Enlisted

Fort Hayes, Columbus, OH 17 June 1941 Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio

Died

Sth of Ploesti 1 August 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti in B-24 41-1776 'Bashful' 1-Aug-43; shot down over target Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 171

Based

Hethel 1 August 1943 Assigned to 567BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Grandview Cemetery Chillicothe, Ross County, OH Re-Interred Grandview Cemetery Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio

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Removed punctuation from around aircraft names for clarity, accuracy, and readability. - Kickapoo

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Rodney Rahrle

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AAM Database.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 176

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