Joe W Ripple

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Member of Kirklin crew.

Killed when B-17 43-38184 was involved in a mid-air collision with B-17 43-37941 over the French coast on 1st September 1944.

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

43-38184

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Texas, USA 7 May 1915

Other

Killed in Action

Dives-sur-Mer, France 1 September 1944

Buried

Eola, TX, USA

Revisions

Date
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
WWW.486th.org roster.

Details added from :
MACR 8857 - https://www.fold3.com;
hhttp://www.ladives1944.com/documents/crash-b17-dives-cabourg/&prev=sear…;
http://www.findagrave.com

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia