Roger G Christensen

Military
media-35073.jpeg UPL 35073 Lt Roger Christensen. Sunde crew. 381st BG, 535th BS.
Photo courtesy of the USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries website

USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries website

Object Number - UPL 35073 - Lt Roger Christensen. Sunde crew. 381st BG, 535th BS. Photo courtesy of the USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries website

Navigator, Sunde crew. 381st BG, 535th BS. Shot down 1 December 1943 in B-17 #42-31097 'Mission Belle'. Mission #46 to the chemical factory at Leverkusen, Germany. MACR 1661. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft 1.

Marne, Iowa

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

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

People

Claudio S Carano

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32410832
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner

Charles J Culver

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35722592
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

William P England

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38168075
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer

John F Healy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32335119
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Carlton A Josephson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31196558
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

42-31097

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mission Belle
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Marne, Iowa, United States 5 March 1920

Enlisted

Fort Des Moines, Des Moines, Iowa, United States 7 April 1942 as a private in the Air Corps

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 1 December 1943 Interned at Stalag Luft 1, North 1 Compound, Barth, Germany

Died

Torrance, California, United States 2 October 1990

Buried

Brighton Cemetery, Marne, Iowa, United States

Revisions

Date7 Sep 2018 02:46:43
ContributorARowe95
ChangesChanges to media associations
Sources

USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries website

Date22 Dec 2017 04:17:11
ContributorARowe95
ChangesChanges to biography
Sources

ARowe95

Date22 Dec 2017 04:13:57
ContributorARowe95
ChangesChanges to highest rank, biography, awards, person associations, place associations and mission associations
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ARowe95

Date25 Jul 2015 10:41:16
ContributorED-BB
ChangesChanges to firstname
Sources

Corrected first name : Roger instead of Rodger

Date25 Jul 2015 09:24:15
ContributorED-BB
ChangesChanges to service number, biography and events
Sources

MACR 1661
NARA WWII Enlistment Records
NARA WWII POW records

Date27 Sep 2014 18:24:20
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1661 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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