Joseph Hugh Gillespie
Military
Associated person
Object Number - UPL 36284 - Joseph Hugh Gillespie, Enlisted in WWII on 08/14/1942, shot down over Brunswick, Germany after 29 bomber missions on 02/20/1945.
On 5 Jan 1944 in B-24H #41-29116 after T/O aircraft had numerous mechanical problems and unable to land the crew was ordered to bale out. A/C crashed. Shot down by fighters on mission to Brunswick on 20 Feb 1944 in B-24H #42-64434 'Shoe Shoe Baby'. All crew baled out before a/c crashed near Bad Gandersheim, GR. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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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
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Mauch Chuak, Pennsylvania, USA | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 20 February 1944 | Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 |
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Enlisted |
Revisions
Added his middle name per MACR 2440 at Fold3.com.
SOURCE: https://www.fold3.com/image/28603843
Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 4 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to the A/C #41-29116 listed in the "Summary biography".
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2440 / MACR 2440, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database