Owen Howard Jorgensen

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-37602.jpeg UPL 37602 2LT Owen H. Jorgensen
Navigator
Robert Murgatroyd Crew
401st BG - 613th BS
KIA - 20 July 1944

Object Number - UPL 37602 - 2LT Owen H. Jorgensen Navigator Robert Murgatroyd Crew 401st BG - 613th BS KIA - 20 July 1944

Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 15 x combat missions. Shot down 20-Jul-44 in B-17 #42-31037 "Pistol Packin' Mama". Killed in Action (KIA). Noted in MACR to have landed successfully, exited his chute harness and having been killed by civilians. MACR 7545



Awards: PH.

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

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-757248
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (IN-F, serial number 42-31037) nicknamed "Pistol Packin' Mama" of the 613th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '1. Completed 7th msision Frankfurt, Jan. 29, 1944. 2. Lost 31 B-17's.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Pistol Packin Mama
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Salt Lake City, UT 9 September 1921 Son of Enoch Berg and Gertrude Mary [Sanders] Jorgensen.

Enlisted

Fresno, CA 23 March 1943 Fresno, California

Died

Liebstedt, Germany 20 July 1944 Killed by German civilians after successfully bailing out of his B-17

Buried

Weimar, Germany 25 July 1944 Interred Weimar cemetery
Los Angeles, CA

Buried

Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) Glendale, Los Angeles County, CA Re-Interred Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) Glendale, Los Angeles County, CA Plot: Graceland, Lot 4579-3

Revisions

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KU 2509

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Added a "#" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

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MACR 7545 page 2

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7545 / MACR 7564, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2135 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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