Joseph served as a Captain & Co-Pilot on B-17G #44-8639, 509th Bomber Squadron, 351st Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
Joseph was normally assigned to the 511th Bomber Squadron but was a substitution for this flight with the 509th.
He resided in Texas prior to the war.
This B-17 was returning to the United States following the conclusion of hostilities in Europe. They were flying from Polebrook in Northamptonshire to the RAF Valley Airfield on Anglesey before the final leg back to the United States.
The plane clipped high ground on a ridgeside, then skidded along the mountainside, and burst into flames.
Joseph died in this crash as one of twenty ( ten crew & ten passengers ) during the war.
He was originally interred in England and was later repatriated here on August 13, 1948
Service # O-666824
Bio by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
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Air crewmen who perished on B-17G #44-8639:
Caruso, Santo A ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, Pennsylvania
Craumer, Kenneth W ~ T/Sgt, Gunner, Pennsylvania
Glover, Joseph A ~ Capt, Navigator, Maryland
Hibbard, Howard R ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, Indiana
Marksheid, Max ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, New York
Montgomery, John Q ~ M/Sgt, Engineer, Oklahoma
Rapoport, David I ~ Sgt, Gunner, Pennsylvania
Rhein, Lester A F ~ T/Sgt, Gunner, Pennsylvania
Robinson, Joseph C ~ Capt, Co-Pilot, Texas
Smith, Robert E ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, New York
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Passengers who perished on B-17G #44-8639:
Birtwell, Edwin R ~ Sgt, Massachusetts
Coons, Sheldon R, Jr ~ Sgt, New York
Devaney, Camille F ~ Sgt, Iowa
Dobbs, Boyd P ~ Sgt, California
Higley, Richard E ~ 1st Lt, California
Leasure, John O ~ Sgt, Pennsylvania
Lezenski, Morris ~ T/Sgt, New York
Lucyk, Paul ~ T/Sgt, Massachusetts
P'Pool, Calvert G ~ Corp, Kentucky
Smith, Teed O ~ S/Sgt, Iowa
Crew & Passenger list by:
Tim Cook
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Joseph was normally assigned to the 511th Bomber Squadron but was a substitution for this flight with the 509th.
He resided in Texas prior to the war.
This B-17 was returning to the United States following the conclusion of hostilities in Europe. They were flying from Polebrook in Northamptonshire to the RAF Valley Airfield on Anglesey before the final leg back to the United States.
The plane clipped high ground on a ridgeside, then skidded along the mountainside, and burst into flames.
Joseph died in this crash as one of twenty ( ten crew & ten passengers ) during the war.
He was originally interred in England and was later repatriated here on August 13, 1948
Service # O-666824
Bio by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Air crewmen who perished on B-17G #44-8639:
Caruso, Santo A ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, Pennsylvania
Craumer, Kenneth W ~ T/Sgt, Gunner, Pennsylvania
Glover, Joseph A ~ Capt, Navigator, Maryland
Hibbard, Howard R ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, Indiana
Marksheid, Max ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, New York
Montgomery, John Q ~ M/Sgt, Engineer, Oklahoma
Rapoport, David I ~ Sgt, Gunner, Pennsylvania
Rhein, Lester A F ~ T/Sgt, Gunner, Pennsylvania
Robinson, Joseph C ~ Capt, Co-Pilot, Texas
Smith, Robert E ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, New York
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Passengers who perished on B-17G #44-8639:
Birtwell, Edwin R ~ Sgt, Massachusetts
Coons, Sheldon R, Jr ~ Sgt, New York
Devaney, Camille F ~ Sgt, Iowa
Dobbs, Boyd P ~ Sgt, California
Higley, Richard E ~ 1st Lt, California
Leasure, John O ~ Sgt, Pennsylvania
Lezenski, Morris ~ T/Sgt, New York
Lucyk, Paul ~ T/Sgt, Massachusetts
P'Pool, Calvert G ~ Corp, Kentucky
Smith, Teed O ~ S/Sgt, Iowa
Crew & Passenger list by:
Tim Cook
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Joseph served as a Captain & Co-Pilot on B-17G #44-8639, 509th Bomber Squadron, 351st Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
Joseph was normally assigned to the 511th Bomber Squadron but was a substitution for this flight with the 509th.
He resided in Texas prior to the war.
This B-17 was returning to the United States following the conclusion of hostilities in Europe. They were flying from Polebrook in Northamptonshire to the RAF Valley Airfield on Anglesey before the final leg back to the United States.
The plane clipped high ground on a ridgeside, then skidded along the mountainside, and burst into flames.
Joseph died in this crash as one of twenty ( ten crew & ten passengers ) during the war.
He was originally interred in England and was later repatriated here on August 13, 1948
Service # O-666824
Bio by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Air crewmen who perished on B-17G #44-8639:
Caruso, Santo A ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, Pennsylvania
Craumer, Kenneth W ~ T/Sgt, Gunner, Pennsylvania
Glover, Joseph A ~ Capt, Navigator, Maryland
Hibbard, Howard R ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, Indiana
Marksheid, Max ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, New York
Montgomery, John Q ~ M/Sgt, Engineer, Oklahoma
Rapoport, David I ~ Sgt, Gunner, Pennsylvania
Rhein, Lester A F ~ T/Sgt, Gunner, Pennsylvania
Robinson, Joseph C ~ Capt, Co-Pilot, Texas
Smith, Robert E ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, New York
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Passengers who perished on B-17G #44-8639:
Birtwell, Edwin R ~ Sgt, Massachusetts
Coons, Sheldon R, Jr ~ Sgt, New York
Devaney, Camille F ~ Sgt, Iowa
Dobbs, Boyd P ~ Sgt, California
Higley, Richard E ~ 1st Lt, California
Leasure, John O ~ Sgt, Pennsylvania
Lezenski, Morris ~ T/Sgt, New York
Lucyk, Paul ~ T/Sgt, Massachusetts
P'Pool, Calvert G ~ Corp, Kentucky
Smith, Teed O ~ S/Sgt, Iowa
Crew & Passenger list by:
Tim Cook
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Joseph was normally assigned to the 511th Bomber Squadron but was a substitution for this flight with the 509th.
He resided in Texas prior to the war.
This B-17 was returning to the United States following the conclusion of hostilities in Europe. They were flying from Polebrook in Northamptonshire to the RAF Valley Airfield on Anglesey before the final leg back to the United States.
The plane clipped high ground on a ridgeside, then skidded along the mountainside, and burst into flames.
Joseph died in this crash as one of twenty ( ten crew & ten passengers ) during the war.
He was originally interred in England and was later repatriated here on August 13, 1948
Service # O-666824
Bio by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Air crewmen who perished on B-17G #44-8639:
Caruso, Santo A ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, Pennsylvania
Craumer, Kenneth W ~ T/Sgt, Gunner, Pennsylvania
Glover, Joseph A ~ Capt, Navigator, Maryland
Hibbard, Howard R ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, Indiana
Marksheid, Max ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, New York
Montgomery, John Q ~ M/Sgt, Engineer, Oklahoma
Rapoport, David I ~ Sgt, Gunner, Pennsylvania
Rhein, Lester A F ~ T/Sgt, Gunner, Pennsylvania
Robinson, Joseph C ~ Capt, Co-Pilot, Texas
Smith, Robert E ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, New York
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Passengers who perished on B-17G #44-8639:
Birtwell, Edwin R ~ Sgt, Massachusetts
Coons, Sheldon R, Jr ~ Sgt, New York
Devaney, Camille F ~ Sgt, Iowa
Dobbs, Boyd P ~ Sgt, California
Higley, Richard E ~ 1st Lt, California
Leasure, John O ~ Sgt, Pennsylvania
Lezenski, Morris ~ T/Sgt, New York
Lucyk, Paul ~ T/Sgt, Massachusetts
P'Pool, Calvert G ~ Corp, Kentucky
Smith, Teed O ~ S/Sgt, Iowa
Crew & Passenger list by:
Tim Cook
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