Joseph served as a Staff Sergeant & Right Waist Gunner on B-24J "Belle Of The East" #42-110187, 789th Bomber Squadron, 467th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.
He resided in Queens County, New York prior to the war.
B-24J #42-110187 took off, with a crew of 9, from Station 145, Rackheath, England on a bombing mission over Oschersleben, Germany.
Over the target they were hit by ground anti-aircraft fire and eventually exploded and crashed near Oschersleben. There was only one survivor from the crew.
Joseph was "Killed In Action" in this crash during the war.
He was awarded with the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in Holland and was later repatriated here on December 5, 1950.
Service # 32791462
Son of James J. Kennedy who resided on Long Island, New York.
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldiers & sailors were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
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Airmen who perished on B-24J #42-110187:
Davis, Harris P ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, AL
Fisher, Robert C ~ S/Sgt, Engineer, NJ
Greble, William E ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, CA
Hudson, Donald H ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, IL
Kennedy, Joseph J ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, NY
Murphy, John J ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, RI
Robinson, James E ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, TX
Van Veen, Francis P ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, DE
The pilot, 2nd Lt. William H. Counts became a POW of the German Army and survived the war.
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
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He resided in Queens County, New York prior to the war.
B-24J #42-110187 took off, with a crew of 9, from Station 145, Rackheath, England on a bombing mission over Oschersleben, Germany.
Over the target they were hit by ground anti-aircraft fire and eventually exploded and crashed near Oschersleben. There was only one survivor from the crew.
Joseph was "Killed In Action" in this crash during the war.
He was awarded with the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in Holland and was later repatriated here on December 5, 1950.
Service # 32791462
Son of James J. Kennedy who resided on Long Island, New York.
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldiers & sailors were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-24J #42-110187:
Davis, Harris P ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, AL
Fisher, Robert C ~ S/Sgt, Engineer, NJ
Greble, William E ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, CA
Hudson, Donald H ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, IL
Kennedy, Joseph J ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, NY
Murphy, John J ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, RI
Robinson, James E ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, TX
Van Veen, Francis P ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, DE
The pilot, 2nd Lt. William H. Counts became a POW of the German Army and survived the war.
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
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Joseph served as a Staff Sergeant & Right Waist Gunner on B-24J "Belle Of The East" #42-110187, 789th Bomber Squadron, 467th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.
He resided in Queens County, New York prior to the war.
B-24J #42-110187 took off, with a crew of 9, from Station 145, Rackheath, England on a bombing mission over Oschersleben, Germany.
Over the target they were hit by ground anti-aircraft fire and eventually exploded and crashed near Oschersleben. There was only one survivor from the crew.
Joseph was "Killed In Action" in this crash during the war.
He was awarded with the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in Holland and was later repatriated here on December 5, 1950.
Service # 32791462
Son of James J. Kennedy who resided on Long Island, New York.
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldiers & sailors were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-24J #42-110187:
Davis, Harris P ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, AL
Fisher, Robert C ~ S/Sgt, Engineer, NJ
Greble, William E ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, CA
Hudson, Donald H ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, IL
Kennedy, Joseph J ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, NY
Murphy, John J ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, RI
Robinson, James E ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, TX
Van Veen, Francis P ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, DE
The pilot, 2nd Lt. William H. Counts became a POW of the German Army and survived the war.
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
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He resided in Queens County, New York prior to the war.
B-24J #42-110187 took off, with a crew of 9, from Station 145, Rackheath, England on a bombing mission over Oschersleben, Germany.
Over the target they were hit by ground anti-aircraft fire and eventually exploded and crashed near Oschersleben. There was only one survivor from the crew.
Joseph was "Killed In Action" in this crash during the war.
He was awarded with the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in Holland and was later repatriated here on December 5, 1950.
Service # 32791462
Son of James J. Kennedy who resided on Long Island, New York.
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldiers & sailors were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-24J #42-110187:
Davis, Harris P ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, AL
Fisher, Robert C ~ S/Sgt, Engineer, NJ
Greble, William E ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, CA
Hudson, Donald H ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, IL
Kennedy, Joseph J ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, NY
Murphy, John J ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, RI
Robinson, James E ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, TX
Van Veen, Francis P ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, DE
The pilot, 2nd Lt. William H. Counts became a POW of the German Army and survived the war.
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
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