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TSGT Joseph A Barboza

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TSGT Joseph A Barboza

Birth
New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
3 Jan 1944 (aged 21)
Tooele County, Utah, USA
Burial
Centerville, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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Technical Sergeant Barboza was a Flight Engineer aboard U S Army Air Forces B-17G Flying Fortress #42-31547, serving with the 749th Bomb Squadron, 457th Bomb Group.

After departing Wendover Field, the B-17 suffered a structural failure during a snowstorm and crashed into the Cedar Mountains, about twelve miles southwest of Delle, Utah, killing six crew members and injuring five others.

Killed were:

1st Lt. Hugh R Ashby, Pilot
2nd Lt. Marvin J Bible, Co-pilot
2nd Lt. Clarence R McRae, Navigator
2nd Lt. John W Newman, Bombardier
S/Sgt. Robert A Timmons, Gunner

Son of Alfred & Emily (Cabral) Barboza (natives of Azores, Portugal).
Technical Sergeant Barboza was a Flight Engineer aboard U S Army Air Forces B-17G Flying Fortress #42-31547, serving with the 749th Bomb Squadron, 457th Bomb Group.

After departing Wendover Field, the B-17 suffered a structural failure during a snowstorm and crashed into the Cedar Mountains, about twelve miles southwest of Delle, Utah, killing six crew members and injuring five others.

Killed were:

1st Lt. Hugh R Ashby, Pilot
2nd Lt. Marvin J Bible, Co-pilot
2nd Lt. Clarence R McRae, Navigator
2nd Lt. John W Newman, Bombardier
S/Sgt. Robert A Timmons, Gunner

Son of Alfred & Emily (Cabral) Barboza (natives of Azores, Portugal).

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  • Created by: Tim Cook
  • Added: Jan 20, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83754382/joseph_a-barboza: accessed ), memorial page for TSGT Joseph A Barboza (4 Oct 1922–3 Jan 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 83754382, citing Saint Francis Xavier Cemetery, Centerville, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Tim Cook (contributor 46481904).