Donald Leroy Engwer

Military
media-28117.jpeg UPL 28117 Lt. Donald S. Morrison - Pilot - Left
S-Sgt Donald Leroy Engwer - Right Robert. E. DeMille

Bruce A. DeMille, son Robert E. DeMille

Object Number - UPL 28117 - Lt. Donald S. Morrison - Pilot - Left S-Sgt Donald Leroy Engwer - Right

Shot down 26 November 1943 in B-17 #42-5051 'Barrel House Bessie'. Plane ditched in North Sea. Returned to base. Completed tour and returned to the US. Honorably discharged 22 October 1945.

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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

James Frank Bucher

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13067778
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Joseph Earnest Burger

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32373835
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Robert E DeMille

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-741973
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

William Featherstone Gilmore

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 812th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14006633 at enlistment, then O-406671
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot; Commanding Officer

Maurice Victor Henry

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37205337
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-5051

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Barrel House Bessie
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron 303rd Bomb Group 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

13 September 1921 Wisconsin

Enlisted

10 August 1942 Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Other

Rescued after ditching

26 November 1943 of B-17 42-5051 in the North Sea

Died

10 February 1973 Hennepin County, Minnesota
Washburn County, Wisconsin

Buried

Donald Engwer rests at the Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Revisions

Date8 Feb 2019 09:49:05
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MACR 1579
NARA WWII Enlistment records
VETERANS BIRLS records

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Bruce A. DeMille, son Lt. Robert E. DeMille

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Bruce A. DeMille, son Lt. Robert E. DeMille

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Bruce A. DeMille, son Lt. Robert E. DeMille

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Bruce A. DeMille, son of Robert E. DeMille

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1579 / MACR 1579, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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