Harry Johnson
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 96th Bomb Group
Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 #42-5885 'Kipling's Error III'. Plane crashed into Baltic, Killed in Action (KIA).
Floyd Carl Jenewein
Military
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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.
Service
People
Units served with
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96th Bomb Group
Group
The 96th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses to targets across occupied Europe from May 1943 to April 1945. ... -
338th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-5885 Kipling's Error III
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Long Beach 20/4/43; Lowry 5/5/43; Smoky Hill 25/5/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX-T] Snetterton 12/6/43; Missing in Action Rostock 11/4/44 with Harry Johnson, Co-pilot: Luther Bailey, Navigator: Herb Springer, Bombardier: Bill...
Associated Place
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Snetterton Heath
Military site : airfield
Intended to be an RAF bomber base, construction of Snetterton Heath started in Autumn 1942 but continued until mid-1943, because it was extended after allocation as an Eighth Air Force bomber base. It had eventually three concrete runways, 50... -
Cambridge American Cemetery
Cemetery
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Alladonia, OH | 5 May 1924 |
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Son of Philip William and Elsie Ray [Wheeler] Jenewein. |
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| Lived in | Glendale, CA | June 1942 |
| Enlisted | Los Angeles, CA | 13 January 1943 |
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Los Angeles, California |
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| Based | Snetterton Heath | 1944 – 11 April 1944 |
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Assigned to 338BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Died | Baltic Sea | 11 April 1944 |
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Shot down 11-Apr-44 in B-17 42-5885 'Kipling's Error III'. Plane crashed into Baltic, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3809 |
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| Buried | 1946 | |
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Tablets of the Missing |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 07 June 2021 14:38:36 | Al_Skiff | Changes to biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/38291925 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 06 June 2021 21:57:06 | jmoore43 | Changes to middlename, service number and events |
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Updated Middle Name & S/N per MACR 3809 at Fold3.com. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 06 June 2021 20:43:36 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography and aircraft associations |
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Added an association to the A/C #42-5885 listed in the "Summary biography". |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:09:38 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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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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