Jesse Dee Hausenfluck Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURUSAAF Photo
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.
Connections
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33054193
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35477614
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14150399
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 29 July 1943
- Date: 28 July 1943
- Date: 24 July 1943
- Date: 14 July 1943
- Date: 4 July 1943
Places
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 |
Revisions
Added an association to the 8th AF Bomber Command Mission #84 for 17 Aug 1943.
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 296 / MACR 296, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database