Oscar Jensen

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 850BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF. Davis crew. Local flights 18-Aug-44 in 43-38072; port U/C collapsed on third landing, RTD. 5 x combat missions.

Failed to Return (FTR) Ludwigshaven in B-17 43-38009, crashed at Hochheim on 13-Sep-44, Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8855



Awards: PH.

Connections

See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.

Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-757610
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 13 September 1944
  • Official Description:

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Martin County, MN 13 June 1912 Son of Otto Jensen. Husband of Erna W Jensen.

Enlisted

Minneapolis, MN 23 September 1943 Minneapolis, Minnesota

Died

Hochheim, Germany 13 September 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Ludwigshaven in B-17 43-38009, crashed at Hochheim on 13-Sep-44, KIA MACR 8855

Based

Prisoner of War (POW)

Eye 13 September 1944 Assigned to 850BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Re-Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial St Avold, France Plot A Row 24 Grave 47

Other

Training

Las Vegas, NV Basic training. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Other

Training

Lincoln, NE Gunnery training. Lincoln, Nebraska.

Other

Training

Ardmore, OK Specialist training. Ardmore, Oklahoma.

Revisions

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8855 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database