Joel Burklund
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Top left to right- Edward Segall, Carl Caputo, George Roche, Harry Sanford, John Massie, Joel Burklund
Bottom left to right: Ralph Winslow, Ralph Munoz, Vincent Gill, John Hill
Personal photo and records
MACR 3808
Object Number - UPL 74328 - The crew of Full House. Top left to right- Edward Segall, Carl Caputo, George Roche, Harry Sanford, John Massie, Joel Burklund Bottom left to...
Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 #42-3322 'Full House'. Plane crashed into Baltic. Was hit by fighters and the pilot ordered the crew to ditch. Burkland stayed at his guns and was just making his way to the radio room when the plane broke in half. He and 3 others were knocked out by the impact and were trapped in the plane which sank in less than a minute. Others were captured. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Full House
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
Events
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
11 April 1944 |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3808 / MACR 3808; Snetterton Falcons, pg 123 & 131 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database