Robert Nels Jensen
Military
Passed for publication 12 November 1943.
Robert Jensen would be shot down on 13 November 1943 and taken as a Prisoner of War. Karl Garlock, too, would become a Prisoner of War the following May. Harry Larsen would be Killed in Action on 11 December 1944.
Printed caption attached to print: 'Left to right: (standing): Lt. H.E. Larsen, of 718 E. 15th St. Anaconda, Montana; Lt. V.K. [K.H.] Garlock, of South Nansit Road, Lockport, N.Y.; and Lt. R.N. Jensen, of Racine, Wisc.; hand their valuables to Capt. W.H. Gabbert, the S.2. before setting out on an operational flight.' Roger Freeman Collection
Brought in information from airmen's records.
Object Number - FRE 113 - Captain Walker Gabbert collects valuables from three pilots of the 55th Fighter Group at Nuthampstead prior to an operational flight. The pilots,...
Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. On 13-Nov-43 as pilot of P-38H 42-66724, 2Lt Jensen was despatched with his FG to provide escort to B-17 bombers attacking Bremen, Germany. On the penetration his aircraft lost an engine and he had to leave the formation.
Shortly thereafter his aircraft was attacked by German fighters and shot down at Hahlenmeer Moor, Quackenbruck, Germany. He baled out and was in hospital for 2 months for burns to face and neck and shrapnel wounds to leg and arm and then sent to the POW camp at Barth, Germany.
Awards: PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Nicknames: Miss Margaret
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 338th Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 13 November 1943
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Racine, WI | 26 May 1921 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 13 November 1943 - 31 May 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Other Baled out POW |
Quackenbruck, Germany. | 13 November 1943 | Shot down in P-38 42-66724 Hahlenmeer Moor, Quackenbruck, Germany.; POW |
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Died |
Racine, WI | 23 March 2004 | |
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Buried |
Graceland Cemetery Racine, Racine County, WI | 27 March 2004 | Graceland Cemetery Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin |
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Based |
Nuthampstead | 13 November 1943 | Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 1269 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Lee Cunningham 13-Jul-2015. Added decoration and POW event per National Archives Records Adminstration (NARA) WWII POW database. Made connections to Place. Aircraft and Mission per MACR 1269. Added Summary Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1270, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I p.369 with picture / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
