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.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

People

Robert J Casey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31160822
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Emmet F Hardy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39830126
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Military Occupation Specialty 612 - Tail Gunner

John L Heiss

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-671434
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 384th Bomb Group falls towards the ground after having its tails shot away during a mission.

Joseph Jacobson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39176552
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
A B-17 Flying Fortress (BK-H, serial number 42-37781) nicknamed "Silver Dollar" of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group goes down after losing its tail. Image via Havelaar. Printed caption on reverse: 'Silver Dollar, a Flying Fortress operating from Grafton Underwood, has its complete tail severed during one of the first 8th Air Force raids on Berlin.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Berlin missile, BK-H, Fort goes down.'

Robert O Johnson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19080173
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-37781

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Silver Dollar
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Des Moines, IA, USA 21 April 1942 Enlisted ASN: 17065732 Residence: Muscatine County, Iowa Private, Air Corps

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.

Other

Killed in action

Germany 9 March 1944

Born

Muscatine, Iowa

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

Date4 Mar 2020 01:48:22
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to biography
Sources

Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

Date4 Jul 2016 23:19:19
Contributorbombercommand
ChangesChanges to person associations
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http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=3386

Date4 Jul 2016 23:13:43
Contributorbombercommand
ChangesChanges to events
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https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=WR26&t…

Date4 Jul 2016 22:57:05
Contributorbombercommand
ChangesChanges to middlename, biography, awards, events and media associations
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http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=3386

https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=WR26&t…

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=fls&FLid=103798476&FLgrid…

Date1 Jun 2016 12:00:24
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
ChangesChanges to biography, events and media associations
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 3005 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date14 Feb 2015 16:48:12
Contributorbombercommand
ChangesChanges to service number, person associations, place associations, aircraft associations, mission associations and media associations
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384thbombgroup.com

Date27 Sep 2014 18:04:48
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
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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=…

Bruce Martin Rininsland: Gallery (5 items)

A B-17 Flying Fortress (BK-H, serial number 42-37781) nicknamed "Silver Dollar" of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group goes down after losing its tail. Image via Havelaar. Printed caption on reverse: 'Silver Dollar, a Flying Fortress operating from Grafton Underwood, has its complete tail severed during one of the first 8th Air Force raids on Berlin.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Berlin missile, BK-H, Fort goes down.'

Object number: FRE 1282 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (BK-H, serial number 42...

The insignia of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

Object number: FRE 5135 - The insignia of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th...

A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 384th Bomb Group falls towards the ground after having its tails shot away during a mission.

Object number: FRE 9709 - A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 384th Bomb Group...

Object number: UPL 21989 - Bruce Martin Rininsland - Muscatine, 384th BG, KIA

Object number: UPL 29926 - Crew of the Silver Dollar