Joshua served as a Staff Sergeant & Tail Gunner on B-17F "Sondra Kay" #42-5906, 562nd Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Baltimore County, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on September 5, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a welder and also as Married.
Joshua was "Killed In Action" when his B-17, after receiving battle damage on a bombing raid over La Pallice, France, crash landed at Upper Cilgee Farm, Llanure, two miles from Llandrindod Wells, Wales, England during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 13103063
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
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Airmen who perished on B-17F #42-5906:
Ball, Herman J ~ T/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, Wisconsin
Broach, Frank N, Jr ~ 1st Lt, Bombardier, Texas
Cox, Henry O, Jr ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, Tennessee
Curry, Francis H ~ T/Sgt, Waist Gunner, Texas
Gromis, Donald P ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, Pennsylvania
Kloza, Otto V ~ T/Sgt, Waist Gunner, Wisconsin
Leventhal, Robert B ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, Missouri
Lewis, Joshua M ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Maryland
Martin, George R ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, Indiana
Rubin, Albert ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Illinois
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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He resided in Baltimore County, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on September 5, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a welder and also as Married.
Joshua was "Killed In Action" when his B-17, after receiving battle damage on a bombing raid over La Pallice, France, crash landed at Upper Cilgee Farm, Llanure, two miles from Llandrindod Wells, Wales, England during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 13103063
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
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Airmen who perished on B-17F #42-5906:
Ball, Herman J ~ T/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, Wisconsin
Broach, Frank N, Jr ~ 1st Lt, Bombardier, Texas
Cox, Henry O, Jr ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, Tennessee
Curry, Francis H ~ T/Sgt, Waist Gunner, Texas
Gromis, Donald P ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, Pennsylvania
Kloza, Otto V ~ T/Sgt, Waist Gunner, Wisconsin
Leventhal, Robert B ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, Missouri
Lewis, Joshua M ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Maryland
Martin, George R ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, Indiana
Rubin, Albert ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Illinois
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Joshua served as a Staff Sergeant & Tail Gunner on B-17F "Sondra Kay" #42-5906, 562nd Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Baltimore County, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on September 5, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a welder and also as Married.
Joshua was "Killed In Action" when his B-17, after receiving battle damage on a bombing raid over La Pallice, France, crash landed at Upper Cilgee Farm, Llanure, two miles from Llandrindod Wells, Wales, England during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 13103063
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
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Airmen who perished on B-17F #42-5906:
Ball, Herman J ~ T/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, Wisconsin
Broach, Frank N, Jr ~ 1st Lt, Bombardier, Texas
Cox, Henry O, Jr ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, Tennessee
Curry, Francis H ~ T/Sgt, Waist Gunner, Texas
Gromis, Donald P ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, Pennsylvania
Kloza, Otto V ~ T/Sgt, Waist Gunner, Wisconsin
Leventhal, Robert B ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, Missouri
Lewis, Joshua M ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Maryland
Martin, George R ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, Indiana
Rubin, Albert ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Illinois
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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He resided in Baltimore County, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on September 5, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a welder and also as Married.
Joshua was "Killed In Action" when his B-17, after receiving battle damage on a bombing raid over La Pallice, France, crash landed at Upper Cilgee Farm, Llanure, two miles from Llandrindod Wells, Wales, England during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 13103063
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
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Airmen who perished on B-17F #42-5906:
Ball, Herman J ~ T/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, Wisconsin
Broach, Frank N, Jr ~ 1st Lt, Bombardier, Texas
Cox, Henry O, Jr ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, Tennessee
Curry, Francis H ~ T/Sgt, Waist Gunner, Texas
Gromis, Donald P ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, Pennsylvania
Kloza, Otto V ~ T/Sgt, Waist Gunner, Wisconsin
Leventhal, Robert B ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, Missouri
Lewis, Joshua M ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Maryland
Martin, George R ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, Indiana
Rubin, Albert ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Illinois
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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