Jay Donald Ossiander

Military

media-40964.jpeg UPL 40964 Jay Ossiander's crew. L-R Back Row: Penrose Reagan, Angelo Virgona, George Clarke, Donald Rouse, Ancil Anderson, Tommy Higdon.

Jay Ossiander's Crew Photograph with names.

Object Number - UPL 40964 - Jay Ossiander's crew. L-R Back Row: Penrose Reagan, Angelo Virgona, George Clarke, Donald Rouse, Ancil Anderson, Tommy Higdon.

Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Damaged by flak and landed in Switzerland on 31-Jul-44 in B-17 42-107092 'Umbriago'. Interned (INT)

Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

401st Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

615th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Elmo Vernon Allen

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 19160190
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Engineer/Gunner

Ancil Lorin Anderson

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

George W Clarke

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 39547924
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

Roy D Cooper

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Walter E Dengler

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 12185331
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

42-107092

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Freckles, Umbriago
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

42-39993

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Hells Angels Out Of Chute 13, Grossly Inadequate
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Places

Bomber crews from the 401st Bomb Group look over P-51 Mustang, FT-T, serial number 43-12172, of the 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, at Deenethorpe airfield. One of their B-17 Flying Fortresses is in the background. Printed caption on reverse of print: '...401st Bomb Group look over a North American P-51 Mustang at an 8th Air Force base in England, 27 December 1943.'

Deenethorpe

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Benefield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Swain, AR	28 June 1923	Son of Adolph and Marjorie Ossiander.
Other Interned (INT)	Switzerland	31 July 1944	Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.
	Klamath Falls, OR
Based	Deenethorpe	31 July 1944	Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date27 Mar 2022 18:48:06

ContributorAl_Skiff

Changes

Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/637838874
https://www.fold3.com/image/175717565

Date2 Feb 2021 20:34:58

Contributorjmoore43

Changes

Sources

Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Changed the location of the "Interned (INT)" event to Switzerland per info in the "Summary biography".

Date27 Sep 2014 18:15:05

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7825 / MACR 7825, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=336 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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