Joseph served as a Staff Sergeant and Engineer on B-17G (#43-38072), 848th Bomber Squadron, 490th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He resided in Kennebec County, Maine prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on December 27, 1941 in Portland, Maine. He was noted as being employed as a Salesperson and also as Single, without dependents.
Joseph was "Killed In Action" when his B-17 was rammed by an ME-262 jet fighter, and the bomber was cut in half, with the tail section separating relatively intact, allowing the rear gunner, Sgt. Craig M. Bennett, to parachute to the ground where he was taken as a POW and survived the war.
Joseph was awarded the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
Service # 11029943
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Airmen who perished on B-17G (#43-38072):
Black, Frederick L ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Kansas
Butterfield, James R ~ Sgt, Waist Gunner, Utah
Elie, Joseph T ~ S/Sgt, Engineer, Maine
Farkas, Joseph M ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, New Jersey
Kennedy, Lloyd E ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, New Jersey
Lennon, Charles C ~ Sgt, Gunner, New York
Schultz, John J 1st Lt, Pilot, Maryland
Sten, Carl E ~ Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, Kansas
( Crew Report by: Tim Cook )
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He resided in Kennebec County, Maine prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on December 27, 1941 in Portland, Maine. He was noted as being employed as a Salesperson and also as Single, without dependents.
Joseph was "Killed In Action" when his B-17 was rammed by an ME-262 jet fighter, and the bomber was cut in half, with the tail section separating relatively intact, allowing the rear gunner, Sgt. Craig M. Bennett, to parachute to the ground where he was taken as a POW and survived the war.
Joseph was awarded the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
Service # 11029943
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Airmen who perished on B-17G (#43-38072):
Black, Frederick L ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Kansas
Butterfield, James R ~ Sgt, Waist Gunner, Utah
Elie, Joseph T ~ S/Sgt, Engineer, Maine
Farkas, Joseph M ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, New Jersey
Kennedy, Lloyd E ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, New Jersey
Lennon, Charles C ~ Sgt, Gunner, New York
Schultz, John J 1st Lt, Pilot, Maryland
Sten, Carl E ~ Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, Kansas
( Crew Report by: Tim Cook )
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Joseph served as a Staff Sergeant and Engineer on B-17G (#43-38072), 848th Bomber Squadron, 490th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He resided in Kennebec County, Maine prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on December 27, 1941 in Portland, Maine. He was noted as being employed as a Salesperson and also as Single, without dependents.
Joseph was "Killed In Action" when his B-17 was rammed by an ME-262 jet fighter, and the bomber was cut in half, with the tail section separating relatively intact, allowing the rear gunner, Sgt. Craig M. Bennett, to parachute to the ground where he was taken as a POW and survived the war.
Joseph was awarded the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
Service # 11029943
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on B-17G (#43-38072):
Black, Frederick L ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Kansas
Butterfield, James R ~ Sgt, Waist Gunner, Utah
Elie, Joseph T ~ S/Sgt, Engineer, Maine
Farkas, Joseph M ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, New Jersey
Kennedy, Lloyd E ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, New Jersey
Lennon, Charles C ~ Sgt, Gunner, New York
Schultz, John J 1st Lt, Pilot, Maryland
Sten, Carl E ~ Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, Kansas
( Crew Report by: Tim Cook )
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He resided in Kennebec County, Maine prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on December 27, 1941 in Portland, Maine. He was noted as being employed as a Salesperson and also as Single, without dependents.
Joseph was "Killed In Action" when his B-17 was rammed by an ME-262 jet fighter, and the bomber was cut in half, with the tail section separating relatively intact, allowing the rear gunner, Sgt. Craig M. Bennett, to parachute to the ground where he was taken as a POW and survived the war.
Joseph was awarded the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
Service # 11029943
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on B-17G (#43-38072):
Black, Frederick L ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Kansas
Butterfield, James R ~ Sgt, Waist Gunner, Utah
Elie, Joseph T ~ S/Sgt, Engineer, Maine
Farkas, Joseph M ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, New Jersey
Kennedy, Lloyd E ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, New Jersey
Lennon, Charles C ~ Sgt, Gunner, New York
Schultz, John J 1st Lt, Pilot, Maryland
Sten, Carl E ~ Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, Kansas
( Crew Report by: Tim Cook )
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