James R Rasmussen
Military
Object Number - UPL 7135 - James R. Rasmussen Navigator B-17, 100th Bomb Group, at St. Francis High School, teaching history students about WWII.
James R. Rasmussen, B-17 Navigator, United States Army Air Forces, Eighth Air Force, 100th Bomb Group (Heavy), 349th Bomb Squadron (Robt. W. Wilkes crew, Thorpe Abbotts Air Base, Station 139, East Anglia, England).
See his 100th Bomb Group webpage at
https://100thbg.com/index.php?option=com_bombgrp&view=personnel&id=4292…
Active member of the 8th AFHS-MN. See his You Tube videos and webpage at
https://sites.google.com/site/8thafhsmn/pictures/james-rasmussen
Completed 32 missions as part of Robert Wilkes crew. 1st mission (5 Jan 45) ran out of oxygen had to leave formation to lower altitude. Low on gas landed in France at fighter base. Weather so bad couldn't get back to home base for 5 days.
Air Medal w 1 silver and 1 bronze cluster
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Units served with
![Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-378743.jpg.webp?itok=HBB0lqjl)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Minneapolis, Minnesota | 17 January 1924 |
Revisions
NARA file verified AM w/4 oak leaf clusters and officer number as Second Lieutenant.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self
