Joe P Ford
Military
UPL 71286
UPL 71286
448th BG 712th SQ Crew #16, up until mission of January 21, 1944. On that mission, Stemmerman, Ford, Hackney, and Walker had to bail out of their aircraft.
Top row, from left: Unidentified**, Edmond A Rock, Unidentified**, Clarence H Stark, Unidentified**, William C Walker
Bottom row, from left: Lester Bise, Robert B Haloran, Earle P Durley, Naseeb S Tweel
** The 3 Unidentifieds are supposed to be either John Stemmerman, William D Hackney, and Joe P Ford based on the original Crew #16 crew roster.
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Top row, from left: Unidentified**, Edmond A Rock, Unidentified**, Clarence H Stark, Unidentified**, William C Walker
Bottom row, from left: Lester Bise, Robert B Haloran, Earle P Durley, Naseeb S Tweel
** The 3 Unidentifieds are supposed to be either John Stemmerman, William D Hackney, and Joe P Ford based on the original Crew #16 crew roster.
2nd Air Division Archive, American Library and Norfolk Record Office
While on an operational mission to Cherbourg,France, on 21 Jan 1944 in the B-24H, 41-29208, a target marker went off in the a/c forcing four gunners to bail out. Prisoner of War (POW).
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 491st Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32635184
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner / Mechanic
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16131107
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner, First Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12155113
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 0689696
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18200358
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / SO#150, 6th Heavy Bomb.Proc HQ, Herington, Kansas 5 Nov 43