Harold Hoffman Jessen
Graduating
Class of 1941
Served in
World War II
Second Lieutenant
Harold Hoffman Jessen
Army
1st Air Base Squadron
Hometown
Wauwatosa, WI
Date of Birth
Location of Death
Langley Field, Hampton, VA
Date of Death
Location of Burial
Wisconsin Memorial Park, Brookfield, WI
More About Second Lieutenant Jessen
Second Lieutenant Jessen was killed in a BC-1 Crash at Langley Field, Virginia.
He was serving a flight instructor at Kelly Field in San Antonio. A collision of two night-patrolling planes occurred 7 miles northwest of San Antonio. The crash occurred while the planes were returning to their base because of weather conditions. Lt Jessen's plane landed in a field and bounced and skidded 700 yards on to the Fredericksburg Road.
His wife, Jeanne Falk Jessen of Wauwatosa, was a fellow UW-Madison student.