Joe L Burdette

Military

Hit by flak and crash-landed at Altenrhein, Switzerland on 11 July 1944 in B-24 #42-51106. Interned in Switzerland.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 392nd Bomb Group.

392nd Bomb Group

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

People

Chester W Drake

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 576th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16113646 and O-698532
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier, Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner

John S Gates

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 576th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15080521 and O-706924
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Frank T Kintana

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 576th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39409150
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Gerald E Landry

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 576th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11106331
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner

George W Michel

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 576th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36583547
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator; Gunner

Aircraft

42-51106

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 576th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

14 January 1922

Enlisted

14 September 1942 as a Private in the Air Corps

Other

Interned

11 July 1944 - 26 March 1945 INT Hit by flak and crash-landed at Altenrhein, Switzerland

Died

4 February 2006

Buried

Green Meadows Memorial Gardens

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Capitalized the Words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
MACR 7495
392nd Bomb Group website : http://www.b24.net/missions/MM071144.htm#07495
Burial record : http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/index.html

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7495 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self, MACR 7495