James C Jensen Jr
Military
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5133 - The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 544th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #68 dated 11 August 1943, Lester H. Aufmuth Crew, 3 combat missions.
Shot down 6 September 1943 in B-17 #42-5720. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW Camp: Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
POW
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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
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-671365 and/or O-678624
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13041301
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-680668
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Slightly Dangerous | Scarlet
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 367th Bomb Squadron 368th Bomb Squadron
Missions
![A B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Kicking Horse" of the 303rd Bomb Group takes off with a feathered engine. Handwritten caption on reverse: ''Kicking Horse' of 303BG. Received 7/7/1944.' On reverse: Daily Graphic [Stamp, ref. no. M4226L].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-407628.jpg.webp?itok=SpfDIv0I)
- Date: 6 September 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
12 February 1921 | ||
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Died |
21 November 1993 | Birth: Feb. 12, 1921 Death: Nov. 21, 1993 1LT, US ARMY AIR CORPS Burial: Riverside National Cemetery Riverside Riverside County California, USA Plot: 26, 0, 614 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 776, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…