Joseph Bernard Deffner
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 54656 - S/Sgt Joseph B Deffner, 448BG
Assigned to 713BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by fighters on mission to Brunswick on 11-Jan-44 in B-24 42-52123. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2518
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Thirty Day Furlough
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 713th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Batavia, NY | 28 February 1914 | Son of Emil J and Catherine A Deffner. |
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Enlisted |
Rochester, NY | 18 January 1943 | Rochester, New York |
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Died |
Brunswick, Germany | 11 January 1944 | Shot down by fighters on mission to Brunswick on 11-Jan-44 in B-24 42-52123. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2518 |
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Buried |
Zachary Taylor National Cemetery Louisville, Jefferson County, KY | 11 June 1950 | Re-Interred Zachary Taylor National Cemetery Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Seething | 11 January 1944 | Assigned to 713BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3298067/joseph-b-deffner
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2518 / MACR 2518, 8th AF Losses / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
