Elwood George Jensen

Military
Personnel of the 4th Fighter Group, 335th Fighter Squadron, grouped around the P-51B Mustang that they have modified into a two-seater aircraft, November 1944. L to R: on wing, Ernest Lange; standing Captain Gene Grunow, 335th Fighter Squadron Engine Officer; Master Sergeant Elwood "Woody" Jensen, 335th Fighter Squadron Technical Inspector; front seat, Bill Berthold; rear seat, Sidney Polsky.

Object Number - FRE 20 - Personnel of the 4th Fighter Group, 335th Fighter Squadron, grouped around the P-51B Mustang that they have modified into a two-seater aircraft,...

Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. 'Woody' Jensen converted a P-51B (43-12193; WD-2) into the first two-seat Mustang in the 4th Fighter Group in the Fall of 1944.

Awards: AM, GC, WWII Victory, EAME (6OLC).

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-7939

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
A two seat P-51 Mustang (WD-2, serial number 43-12193, "War Weary") of the 4th Fighter Group.

43-12193

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Plato Center, IL USA 17 September 1918 Son of Peter F Jensen.

Enlisted

Chicago, IL 13 May 1942 Chicago Illinois

Other

Discharged USAAF

28 September 1945 Honourable discharge.

Enlisted

10 March 1951 Re-enlisted 10-Mar-51.

Other

Discharged USAF

8 May 1952 Honourable discharge.

Died

St Charles, IL, USA 13 November 1982

Based

Debden Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date20 Oct 2019 11:26:58
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to middlename, service number, biography, events, unit associations and aircraft associations
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/41172272-elwood-jensen
https://www.fold3.com/record/89671223-elwood-g-jensen
https://www.fold3.com/record/621769720-elwood-jensen-1918
https://www.fold3.com/image/654798917?terms=jensen,elwood,816
http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/335_j…

Date28 Nov 2017 13:18:09
ContributorLucy May
ChangesChanges to middlename and highest rank
Sources

Brought in source from duplicate record:
'1000 Destroyed' by Capt. Grover C. Hall, Jr. / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Date28 May 2016 23:22:24
ContributorWD-C Mustang
ChangesChanges to middlename, nickname, highest rank, role, biography, awards, events, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations
Sources

http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/335_j…

Date27 Sep 2014 18:09:01
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/4th-headquarters---ground.html

Elwood George Jensen: Gallery (3 items)

Personnel of the 4th Fighter Group, 335th Fighter Squadron, grouped around the P-51B Mustang that they have modified into a two-seater aircraft, November 1944. L to R: on wing, Ernest Lange; standing Captain Gene Grunow, 335th Fighter Squadron Engine Officer; Master Sergeant Elwood "Woody" Jensen, 335th Fighter Squadron Technical Inspector; front seat, Bill Berthold; rear seat, Sidney Polsky.

Object number: FRE 20 - Personnel of the 4th Fighter Group, 335th Fighter...

Personnel of the 4th Fighter Group, 335th Fighter Squadron, grouped around the P-51B Mustang that they have modified into a two-seater aircraft, November 1944. L to R: Captain Gene Grunow, 335th Fighter Squadron Engine Officer; Master Sergeant Elwood "Woody" Jensen, 335th Fighter Squadron Technical Inspector; Technical Sergeant Philip Betz, 335th Fighter Squadron Hangar Chief.

Object number: FRE 33 - Personnel of the 4th Fighter Group, 335th Fighter...

Object number: UPL 17038 - Two seat P-51 Mustang WD-2, 43-12193, "War Weary"...