Floyd Carl Jenewein

Military
media-50421.jpeg UPL 50421 S/Sgt Floyd Carl Jenewein, 96BG

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 50421 - S/Sgt Floyd Carl Jenewein, 96BG

Assigned to 338BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 11-Apr-44 in B-17 42-5885 'Kipling's Error III'. Plane crashed into Baltic, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3809



Awards: AM (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

People

Harry Edward Johnson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-805478
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5885) nicknamed "Kipling's Error the III" of the 96th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-1-9-96)(11-9-43).' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Neies crew.'

42-5885

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Kipling's Error the III
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron 413th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Alladonia, OH 5 May 1924 Son of Philip William and Elsie Ray [Wheeler] Jenewein.

Enlisted

Los Angeles, CA 13 January 1943 Los Angeles, California

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

Baltic Sea 11 April 1944 Shot down 11-Apr-44 in B-17 42-5885 'Kipling's Error III'. Plane crashed into Baltic, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3809
Glendale, CA

Buried

Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK

Based

Snetterton Heath 11 April 1944 Assigned to 338BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.fold3.com/image/38291925
https://www.fold3.com/image/29622050
https://www.fold3.com/image/628861214
https://www.fold3.com/image/311039320
https://www.fold3.com/record/91096726/floyd-c-jenewein-wwii-army-enlist…
https://www.fold3.com/record/529897540/floyd-c-jenewein-american-battle…
https://www.fold3.com/record/717699605/jenewein-floyd-c-defense-powmia-…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56291037/floyd-c-jenewein

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Contributorjmoore43
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Sources

Updated Middle Name & S/N per MACR 3809 at Fold3.com.
SOURCE: https://www.fold3.com/image/29622044
Changed the label of the “Died” event to "Killed in Action (KIA)" per info in the "Summary biography".

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added an association to the A/C #42-5885 listed in the "Summary biography".
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3809; Snetterton Falcons, pg 131

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Object number: UPL 50421 - S/Sgt Floyd Carl Jenewein, 96BG