Rudolph Lawrence Jenson

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-20546.jpeg UPL 20546 Lt Rudolph L. Jenson

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Object Number - UPL 20546 - Lt Rudolph L. Jenson

Rudolph Jenson graduated from the Walsh County School and attended Park River High School before entering the North Dakota State University, Class of 1940-41. After his enlistment in the Air Corps in April 1942, he took his basic training near Garden City, Kansas then his pre-flight training at Cimarron Field, Oklahoma. Graduating in June 1943 from Class-43F at the AAF Advanced Flying School in Altus, Oklahoma, he received his commission as a 2nd Lieutenant. Joining the William Quaintance crew, he left for England where they arrived in October 1943. Assigned to the 306th Bomb Group / 369th Bomb Squadron, Rudolph was Killed In Action in the loss of B-17# 42-31695 on 22 February 1944.

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33551808
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31158525
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17128889
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13056724 and O-739471
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 32292921
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Assistant Engineer, waist gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Hatton, Traill County, North Dakota, United States 11 October 1917

Enlisted

Camp Blanding, near Starke, Florida 9 April 1942

Other

Killed In Action (KIA)

near Kirchen, Germany 22 February 1944 in the loss of B-17 #42-31695

Buried

Kirchen, Germany 14 March 1944 his remains were found weeks after the crash and were buried in Kirchen
Park River, Walsh County, North Dakota, United States He was working there on Harry D. Long's farm

Buried

Netherlands American Cemetery Re-interred Plot O, Row 20, Grave 17

Revisions

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ContributorED-BB
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Sources

WWII Draft Registration card

Date
Contributorjmoore43
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Updated events per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 56300182.
SOURCE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56300182/rudolph-l.-jenson

Date
ContributorED-BB
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MACR 2652
NARA WWII Enlistment records
Data from research made on the crew of 42-31695 by Jerry Zak, nephew of Engineer Joseph Strukel (KIA)
US Census 1940
ABMC website

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2652 / MACR 2652, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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