Joe L Burdette
MilitaryHit 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- 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
- 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
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 576th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39409150
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- 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
- 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
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 576th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 11 July 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
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
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.
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
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