Joseph Albert Polovick
MilitaryAssigned to 654BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to return from Graypea mission (chaff dispensing) mission to Hamburg, Germany in Mosquito RF996, 20-Mar-45. Suffered fuel vapour lock to both engines. Baled out over Fohr, Germany Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 13185
Awards: AM (OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13174681 / O-771388
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
20 January 1923 | ||
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Enlisted |
Cleveland, OH | 16 November 1942 | Cleveland, Ohio |
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Other Baled out POW |
Fohr, Germany | 20 March 1945 | Failed to return from Graypea mission to Germany in Mosquito RF996, 20-Mar-45; POW MACR 13185 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 20 March 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Died |
2 January 1962 | ||
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Buried |
Oakwood Cemetery, Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County, OH | 5 January 1962 | Oakwood Cemetery Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County, Ohio |
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Based |
Watton | 20 March 1945 | Assigned to 654BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Changes
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Sources
Combat Chronology, Unit History; Aerial Intelligence of the 8th Air Force, pg 13, 71, 73 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia