Donald Leroy Engwer
Military
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
- 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 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13067778
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32373835
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Barrel House Bessie
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 26 November 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
13 September 1921 | Wisconsin | |
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Enlisted |
10 August 1942 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |
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Other Rescued after ditching |
26 November 1943 | of B-17 42-5051 in the North Sea | |
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Died |
10 February 1973 | Hennepin County, Minnesota | |
| Washburn County, Wisconsin | |||
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Buried |
Donald Engwer rests at the Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Revisions
MACR 1579
NARA WWII Enlistment records
VETERANS BIRLS records
Bruce A. DeMille, son Lt. Robert E. DeMille
Bruce A. DeMille, son Lt. Robert E. DeMille
Bruce A. DeMille, son Lt. Robert E. DeMille
Bruce A. DeMille, son of Robert E. DeMille
Bruce A. DeMille, son Robert E. DeMille
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
