Personal File · AirmanKilled in ActionPassed 20 Jun 1944

Jack J. Larsen.

Waist Gunner · 330th Squadron · Of Chicago, IL, IL.

The Man Behind the Name

§ Biography

Sgt. Jack J. Larsen served as a waist gunner on the crew lost on 20 June 1944 over Germany. His mother, Mrs. Mary C. Larsen, resided at 2319 West 71st Street, Chicago, Illinois.

A German telegram (KU 2260) from Air Port HQ A(O) 6/III Stettin named 'Jack J. Larsen Sgt.' explicitly among the six crew members killed in the crash on 20 June 1944. His identification card (serial 16077477, T 42-44 A.P.) was listed among confiscated personal effects.

Service record.

§ As Catalogued
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Waist Gunner
Serial Number
16077477
Hometown
Chicago, IL, IL

Missions flown.

1 catalogued · 20 Jun 1944

The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.

Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 425
20 Jun 1944
42-100395

Interment.

§ At Rest
Cemetery
Ardennes American Cemetery
Location
B 26 16

Sources.

§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1944
Official record