James Erwin Rung

Military
media-40018.png UPL 40018 James E. Rung, Navigator, 379th Bomb Group, 524th Squadron, Kimbolton, England. This is a professional photo from Pinkerton Studio in Monahans, Texas, probably for his graduation from navigator school. This photo is part of the James E. Rung Family personal collection.

Updated caption with information from the original photograph.

Object Number - UPL 40018 - James E. Rung, Navigator, 379th Bomb Group, 524th Squadron, Kimbolton, England. This is a professional photo from Pinkerton Studio in Monahans,...

Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 35 x combat missions. Crashed in B-17 42-38183 on 28-Sep-44. Returned to duty (RTD).





Awards: AM (5OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (3 Battle Stars).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-38183

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Lost Angel
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron 525th Bomb Squadron
A bomber crew of the 379th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-0003) nicknamed "Ol' Gappy". Printed caption on reverse: '.'70915 AC A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses in front of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Ol' Gappy" at an 8th Air Force base in England on 12 June 1944.'

42-40003

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: TOPPER/ Ol Gappy
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 490th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron

43-38388

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

St. Louis, MO, USA 3 September 1920 Son of Erwin John and Caroline Magdalene [Haargen] Rung.

Enlisted

St Louis, MO 25 August 1942 St Louis, Missouri

Other

Force landed

Kimbolton, UK 28 September 1944 Crashed in B-17 42-38183 on 28-Sep-44. Returned to duty (RTD).

Died

Chesterfield, MO 31 May 2014

Buried

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St Louis County, MO Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St Louis County, Missouri

Based

Kimbolton Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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https://www.fold3.com/image/619408115
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130721028/james-erwin-rung
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40059224/erwin-john-rung
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40059214/caroline-magdalene-rung

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Image from gravefinder.com; site information from Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery; photo uploaded by daughter, Melissa Rung-Blue

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Personal photo collection, Melissa Rung-Blue, daughter

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From his daughter, Melissa A. Rung-Blue, St. Louis, MO. James E. Rung official military records. Personal photos.

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https://www.fold3.com/image/28678953
https://www.fold3.com/record/84612758-james-e-rung
https://www.fold3.com/image/619408115?terms=James%20Rung
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130721028/james-erwin-rung

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9363

James Erwin Rung: Gallery (3 items)

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