Edwin Dale Rinkenberger
MilitaryShot down 20 October 1943 in B-17 #42-5913. Prisoner of War (POW).
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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: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16069047
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33323881
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36333782
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-735982
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-665675
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Shack Bunny
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 October 1943
- Date: 18 October 1943
- Date: 14 October 1943
- Date: 4 October 1943
- Date: 26 September 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Gridley, Illinois | 11 December 1919 | |
Other Prisoner of War |
20 October 1943 | ||
Died |
2 July 1992 | ||
Buried |
Gridley, Illinois |
Revisions
ContributorJarink
Changes
Sources
Source of missions is a list written by my grandfather, Lt. Rinkenberger.
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 828 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 828,son James Rinkenberger