Boston Herald July 26 1943 Boston MA pg 3
Woburn Airman Listed As Missing in Action
Woburn July 25-Tech. Sgt. Joseph F. Griffin, son of Mrs. Josephine Griffin, has been reported missing in a War Department notification to his mother. He was a gunner on a Flying Fortress.
On June 13, while returning from a raid on the Kiel canal, the bomber was forced into the North Sea when attacked by German planes. Rescued by a British destroyer, the bomber crew was returned to England and hospitalized. After returning to action. Griffin participated in a raid on Hamburg, German, and this time the bomber did not return.
A graduate of Woburn High School, he was employed in the Strand Theater and was well known as a baseball player. He has two brothers in the armed services, John, a warrant officer in the Navy and Stephen, in the Army.
B 17 Bomber 42-3219 DEAR MOM
Crashed near Heligoland Island in North Sea
All Ten Crew Members Missing in Action
Joe Griffin was radio operator and Ball Turret Gunner
Pilot Bob Powledge, co-pilot William Alexander, Navigator Louis Johnson
Bombardier Albert Finklestein, Flight Engineer and Top Gunner Everett Quimby
Joe Griffin Radio Operator and Ball Gunner - Warren Hoffman Tail Gunner
Contributor: Royce Arnold Scott (49073092)
Woburn Airman Listed As Missing in Action
Woburn July 25-Tech. Sgt. Joseph F. Griffin, son of Mrs. Josephine Griffin, has been reported missing in a War Department notification to his mother. He was a gunner on a Flying Fortress.
On June 13, while returning from a raid on the Kiel canal, the bomber was forced into the North Sea when attacked by German planes. Rescued by a British destroyer, the bomber crew was returned to England and hospitalized. After returning to action. Griffin participated in a raid on Hamburg, German, and this time the bomber did not return.
A graduate of Woburn High School, he was employed in the Strand Theater and was well known as a baseball player. He has two brothers in the armed services, John, a warrant officer in the Navy and Stephen, in the Army.
B 17 Bomber 42-3219 DEAR MOM
Crashed near Heligoland Island in North Sea
All Ten Crew Members Missing in Action
Joe Griffin was radio operator and Ball Turret Gunner
Pilot Bob Powledge, co-pilot William Alexander, Navigator Louis Johnson
Bombardier Albert Finklestein, Flight Engineer and Top Gunner Everett Quimby
Joe Griffin Radio Operator and Ball Gunner - Warren Hoffman Tail Gunner
Contributor: Royce Arnold Scott (49073092)
Boston Herald July 26 1943 Boston MA pg 3
Woburn Airman Listed As Missing in Action
Woburn July 25-Tech. Sgt. Joseph F. Griffin, son of Mrs. Josephine Griffin, has been reported missing in a War Department notification to his mother. He was a gunner on a Flying Fortress.
On June 13, while returning from a raid on the Kiel canal, the bomber was forced into the North Sea when attacked by German planes. Rescued by a British destroyer, the bomber crew was returned to England and hospitalized. After returning to action. Griffin participated in a raid on Hamburg, German, and this time the bomber did not return.
A graduate of Woburn High School, he was employed in the Strand Theater and was well known as a baseball player. He has two brothers in the armed services, John, a warrant officer in the Navy and Stephen, in the Army.
B 17 Bomber 42-3219 DEAR MOM
Crashed near Heligoland Island in North Sea
All Ten Crew Members Missing in Action
Joe Griffin was radio operator and Ball Turret Gunner
Pilot Bob Powledge, co-pilot William Alexander, Navigator Louis Johnson
Bombardier Albert Finklestein, Flight Engineer and Top Gunner Everett Quimby
Joe Griffin Radio Operator and Ball Gunner - Warren Hoffman Tail Gunner
Contributor: Royce Arnold Scott (49073092)
Woburn Airman Listed As Missing in Action
Woburn July 25-Tech. Sgt. Joseph F. Griffin, son of Mrs. Josephine Griffin, has been reported missing in a War Department notification to his mother. He was a gunner on a Flying Fortress.
On June 13, while returning from a raid on the Kiel canal, the bomber was forced into the North Sea when attacked by German planes. Rescued by a British destroyer, the bomber crew was returned to England and hospitalized. After returning to action. Griffin participated in a raid on Hamburg, German, and this time the bomber did not return.
A graduate of Woburn High School, he was employed in the Strand Theater and was well known as a baseball player. He has two brothers in the armed services, John, a warrant officer in the Navy and Stephen, in the Army.
B 17 Bomber 42-3219 DEAR MOM
Crashed near Heligoland Island in North Sea
All Ten Crew Members Missing in Action
Joe Griffin was radio operator and Ball Turret Gunner
Pilot Bob Powledge, co-pilot William Alexander, Navigator Louis Johnson
Bombardier Albert Finklestein, Flight Engineer and Top Gunner Everett Quimby
Joe Griffin Radio Operator and Ball Gunner - Warren Hoffman Tail Gunner
Contributor: Royce Arnold Scott (49073092)
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Entered the service from Massachusetts.
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