Jenner Joseph De Santis
Military ROLL OF HONOURThe photograph is of Jenner taken after his commission as second lieutenant. Newspaper articles are from the Paterson NJ probably the Paterson evening news.
I attended at age 8, his going away party along with my parents listed as Mr & Mrs Charles Waterhouse. George Waterhouse (Jenner De Santis)
Rotated image originally uploaded by George Waterhouse (user: George)
Assigned to 850BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF. Davis crew. Local flights 18-Aug-44 in 43-38072; port U/C collapsed on third landing, RTD. 5 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Ludwigshaven in B-17 43-38009, crashed at Hochheim on 13-Sep-44, Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8855
At the point of the direct hit, was pinned in nose by centrifugal force, alongside bombardier Dick Wessel, unable to reach chute pack, never made it out of A/C with chute in the break-up.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-757610
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 13 September 1944
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Marsworth
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Brome
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Paterson, New Jersey | 12 December 1922 | Son of Anthony De Santis. |
Enlisted |
Newark, NJ | 15 December 1942 | Newark, New Jersey |
Died |
Hochheim, Germany | 13 September 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Ludwigshaven in B-17 43-38009, crashed at Hochheim on 13-Sep-44, KIA MACR 8855 |
Buried |
Re-Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial St Avold, France Plot E Row 6 Grave 22 | ||
Based |
Eye | 13 September 1944 | Assigned to 850BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56654328/jenner-j-de_santis
490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8855, Combat Chronology