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. media-377275.jpg 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, 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. Roger Freeman Collection

Roger Freeman Photo.

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

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

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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

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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

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