David Walker Jehnzen

Military
media-52536.jpeg UPL 52536 Sgt David W Jehnzen, 401BG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 52536 - Sgt David W Jehnzen, 401BG.

Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Garrett Filemyr crew. 23 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Bordeaux in B-17 42-31315 'Liberty Run', on 19-Jun-44; flak shot off the tail, A/C ditched in Bay of Biscay. Interned (INT) in Spain.



Awards: AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (1 x Battle Star).

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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

Garrett Anthony Filemyr

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13078848 / O-807624
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

Factory fresh B-17s

42-107084

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Betty's Revenge
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

42-31315

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Liberty Run
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

42-97478

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Shade Ruff #2
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Detroit, MI 30 May 1922 Son of Ernest W and Helen K [Walker] Jehnzen.

Enlisted

Kalamazoo, MI 26 September 1942 Kalamazoo, Michigan

Other

Interned (INT)

Spain 19 June 1944 - 4 July 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Bordeaux in B-17 42-31315 'Liberty Run', on 19-Jun-44; flak shot off the tail, A/C ditched in Bay of Biscay. Interned (INT) in Spain.

Died

Reed City, Osceola County, MI 26 June 2018

Buried

Woodland Cemetery Reed City, Osceola County, MI Woodland Cemetery Reed City, Osceola County, Michigan

Based

Deenethorpe Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Sources

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https://www.fold3.com/image/137731152
https://www.fold3.com/image/661637303
https://www.fold3.com/record/84411752/david-w-jehnzen-wwii-army-enlistm…
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2643
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Crews/Details.aspx?CrewId=12071
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/190957550/david-w-jehnzen

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5999 / MACR 5999, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2643 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 52536 - Sgt David W Jehnzen, 401BG.