Roger G Christensen
Military
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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39542283
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17001123 and T-61036
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19091089 and O-749108
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14106899 and O-685892
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Marne, Iowa, United States | 5 March 1920 | |
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Enlisted |
Fort Des Moines, Des Moines, Iowa, United States | 7 April 1942 | as a private in the Air Corps |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 1 December 1943 | Interned at Stalag Luft 1, North 1 Compound, Barth, Germany |
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Died |
Torrance, California, United States | 2 October 1990 | |
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Buried |
Brighton Cemetery, Marne, Iowa, United States |
Revisions
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