Bruce Martin Rininsland

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media-21989.jpeg UPL 21989 Bruce Martin Rininsland - Muscatine, 384th BG, KIA Charles D Taylor collection

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Object Number - UPL 21989 - Bruce Martin Rininsland - Muscatine, 384th BG, KIA

Bombs from the 'High Group' knocked the tail section off B-17G #42-37781 'Silver Dollar' and the ship crashed near Osdorf on a mission to Berlin on 9 Mar 1944. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR #3005.

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A B-17 Flying Fortress (BK-H, serial number 42-37781) nicknamed "Silver Dollar" of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group goes down after losing its tail. Image via Havelaar. Printed caption on reverse: 'Silver Dollar, a Flying Fortress operating from Grafton Underwood, has its complete tail severed during one of the first 8th Air Force raids on Berlin.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Berlin missile, BK-H, Fort goes down.'

Robert O Johnson

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 19080173
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Arthur John Osepchook

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 11035742
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 384th Bomb Group falls towards the ground after having its tails shot away during a mission.

John James Plotz

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 39837458
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Merlin Howard Reed

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-670612
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Robert F Wellman

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 36168236
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner

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Event	Location	Date	Description
Enlisted	Des Moines, IA, USA	21 April 1942	Enlisted ASN: 17065732 Residence: Muscatine County, Iowa Private, Air Corps
Other Assigned	Grafton Underwood, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN14, UK	18 September 1943 - 9 March 1944	Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group, 546th Bombardment Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #121 dated 18 October 1943, Merlin Reed Crew. Seventeen combat missions.
Other Killed in action	Germany	9 March 1944
Born	Muscatine, Iowa
Buried	Minneapolis, MN, USA		Final Resting Place or Memorial: Fort Snelling National Cemetery, South Minneapolis, Minnesota Staff Sergeant Joseph Jacobson, lost on the same ship, is commemorated on the same headstone.