Bruce Martin Rininsland
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 21989 - Bruce Martin Rininsland - Muscatine, 384th BG, KIA
Bombs from the 'High Group' knocked the tail section off B-17G #42-37781 'Silver Dollar' and the ship crashed near Osdorf on a mission to Berlin on 9 Mar 1944. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR #3005.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31160822
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-669278
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39830126
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-671434
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39176552
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Silver Dollar
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 9 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Des Moines, IA, USA | 21 April 1942 | Enlisted ASN: 17065732 Residence: Muscatine County, Iowa Private, Air Corps |
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Other Assigned |
Grafton Underwood, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN14, UK | 18 September 1943 - 9 March 1944 | Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group, 546th Bombardment Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #121 dated 18 October 1943, Merlin Reed Crew. Seventeen combat missions. |
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Other Killed in action |
Germany | 9 March 1944 | |
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Born |
Muscatine, Iowa | ||
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Buried |
Minneapolis, MN, USA | Final Resting Place or Memorial: Fort Snelling National Cemetery, South Minneapolis, Minnesota Staff Sergeant Joseph Jacobson, lost on the same ship, is commemorated on the same headstone. |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 3005 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3005, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…
