Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
OSBORN, Jack Elden
Date of birth
31 January 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Virgil, Greenwood County, Kansas
Hometown
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
17129625
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Right Waist Gunner
Unit
367th Bombardment Squadron,
306th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 February 1944
Place of death
5 km east of Altenkirchen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 8 9

Immediate family

Members
William C. Osborn (father)
Lillie Ann Osborn (mother)
Wade Osborn (brother)
Bonnie L. Osborn (sister)
Marjery Osborn (sister)
Ruth E. Osborn (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-31428
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Bernburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the oil refinery
MACR: 2655

More information

Jack E. Osborn was a woodworker.

He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Amry of the United States at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 20 November 1942.

The airplane was attacked by enemy fighters and exploded in mid-air.

Nine crew members were killed, one man survived and was taken prisoner.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.footnote.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Census Records, 1930 / Kansas, Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925 / U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 / Morris Family Tree / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Central High School (Omaha, NE) Foundation, Arie-Jan van Hees, Mrs. Sue Fox-Moyer