Jesse Dee Hausenfluck Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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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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.
  • 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
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.
  • 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

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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

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Added an association to the 8th AF Bomber Command Mission #84 for 17 Aug 1943.

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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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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

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