Owen Howard Jorgensen
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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
- 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: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-757248
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Pistol Packin Mama
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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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
Added a "#" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
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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