Jesse Dee Hausenfluck | American Air Museum

Jesse Dee Hausenfluck Jr

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media-54232.jpeg UPL 54232 1st Lt Jesse Dee Hausenfluck, 384BG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 54232 - 1st Lt Jesse Dee Hausenfluck, 384BG.

Assigned to 544BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt in B-17 42-29956 'Vertical Shaft' 17-Aug-43; downed by enemy aircraft, crashed St Goarshausen Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 296

Awards: AM (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

384th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

544th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in front of an airplane. Five men standing to the rear, three men kneeling in front, and two men standing at the side.

John C Blauer

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 19060153
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Sebastian Bucheri

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 31108556
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Charles W Everson

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-795222
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

John R Kelly

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 19071826
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator

Robert J Kennedy

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-734709
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

42-29956

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Vertical Shaft
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

42-30139

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Snuffy
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron

42-30142

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Pistol Packin Mama
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Regensburg, after being bombed by B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 385th Bomb Group, 17 August 1943. Official caption on image: "(O-5-1-385)(17-8-43)(30171-6 3/8 - 24,000)(Regensberg)." Passed for publication 6 Sep 1943. Printed caption on reverse: '#44: View of the target.' Censor no: 282458. On reverse: US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].

VIII Bomber Command 84

Date: 17 August 1943
Official Description:

VIII Bomber Command 83

Date: 16 August 1943

VIII Bomber Command 82

Date: 15 August 1943

A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 100th Bomb Group that has crash landed. Written on slide casing: 'Raunchy crash TA.'

VIII Bomber Command 81

Date: 12 August 1943

A Dutch soldier surveys the wreckage of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 381st Bomb Group that has crashed near Apeldoorn. First Handwritten caption on reverse: '381BG, 30/7/43 by Fighters.' Second Handwritten caption on reverse: '42-3100, 381 BG, 532 BS. 3 KM SE of Apeldoorn, 30-7-43 10:45 Hrs. RNAF'

VIII Bomber Command 80

Date: 30 July 1943

Places

Grafton Underwood

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Grafton Undermud

Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial

Site type: Cemetery
Known as: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Georgetown, Williamson, TX	22 September 1921	Son of Jesse Dee Sr and Frances Maria [Wright] Hausenfluck.
Enlisted		3 January 1942	Dallas, Texas
Died	Sankt Goarshausen, Germany	17 August 1943	Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt in B-17 42-29956 'Vertical Shaft' 17-Aug-43; downed by enemy aircraft, crashed St Goarshausen Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 296
Based	Grafton Underwood	17 August 1943	Assigned to 544BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF.
Buried	Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial		Re-Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial St Avold, France Section K, Row 23, Grave 25