Herring Joyce Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-26509.jpeg UPL 26509 Henry W McCullough - 427th BS - Training B-17G #03 'Doris'

(Back L-R) 2Lt Henry W. McCullough (Pilot), F/O Herring "Harry" Joyce, Jr. (Bomb),
Sgt James Hacker (RWG), 2Lt James F. Kepfer (CoPilot), 2Lt Maurice R. Herrick (Nav)
(Front L-R) Sgt Therman F. Conaway (Turret), Sgt Jack Thompson, Jr. (LWG),
S/Sgt Bernard S. Kauffman (Radio), Sgt Jake Wabeke (Eng), Sgt William V. Kimber (Ball Turret)

Object Number - UPL 26509 - Henry W McCullough - 427th BS - Training B-17G #03 'Doris' (Back L-R) 2Lt Henry W. McCullough (Pilot), F/O Herring "Harry" Joyce, Jr. (Bomb), Sgt...

Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Germersheim in B-17G 43-38689 hit by flak in tail crashed at Roxheim. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11574.



Awards: PH

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11081662 / O-2058926
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bomber pilot

Aircraft

A damaged B-17 Flying Fortress (GN-A, serial number 43-38689) of the 427th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group in flight over Mannheim, Germany. Official caption on image: "(SAY 303HI/1440-21) (13 Jan '45 - 13:25 1/2) (44-8484-7-26,000') Mannheim." Handwritten caption on reverse: '338689, GN-A. 2/Lt. O.T. Eisenhart.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 398th Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron 601st Bomb Squadron

Missions

Personnel of the 355th Fighter Squadron at a briefing before a bomber escort mission, the tail markings of the B-24 Liberators they will escort are exhibited on the map. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'D Lewin in Breifing Room 13/1/45'
  • Date: 13 January 1945

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Mississippi, USA 23 January 1923 Son of Herring and Floy Gale [Harrison] Joyce.

Enlisted

Jefferson Barracks Park, 345 North Rd, St. Louis, MO 63125, USA 11 March 1943

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

55595 Roxheim, Germany 13 January 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Germersheim in B-17G 43-38689 hit by flak in tail crashed at Roxheim. KIA. MACR 11574.

Based

Molesworth 13 January 1945 Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.
St. Louis, MO, USA

Buried

St. Louis, MO, USA Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery St Louis Missouri

Revisions

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Sources

Merged with duplicate record to include details from:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
MACR 11574

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

MACR 11574 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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