Walter E Dengler

Military

Damaged by flak and landed in Switzerland on 7/31/44 in B-17 Umbriago #42-107092, Interred (INT).

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

Combat and ground crew of the 401st Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress, (serial number 41-31983) nicknamed "Mary Alice". The airmen, left to right, are: (Front row) Charlie Wilson (waist gunner), William "Mack" Mackowiack (ball turret gunner). (Middle Row) Eddie Chambers (bombardier) and Dan Knight (pilot). Handwritten caption on reverse: '401.'

Dan C Knight

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Jay Donald Ossiander

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-755401
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-107092

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Freckles, Umbriago
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Jasper, Alabama, USA

Other

Interred (INT)

Switzerland 31 July 1944

Revisions

Date26 Apr 2022 03:10:17
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to service number and events
Sources

Added a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Changed the label for a KIA event to “Interred (INT)” per info in the "Summary biography".

Date26 Apr 2022 03:05:50
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to biography
Sources

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

Date27 Sep 2014 18:26:49
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7825 / MACR 7825, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=900 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database