Joe P Ford

Military
448th BG 712th SQ Crew 16 UPL 71286 UPL 71286 448th BG 712th SQ Crew #16, up until mission of January 21, 1944. On that mission, Stemmerman, Ford, Hackney, and Walker had to bail out of their aircraft.

Top row, from left: Unidentified**, Edmond A Rock, Unidentified**, Clarence H Stark, Unidentified**, William C Walker
Bottom row, from left: Lester Bise, Robert B Haloran, Earle P Durley, Naseeb S Tweel
** The 3 Unidentifieds are supposed to be either John Stemmerman, William D Hackney, and Joe P Ford based on the original Crew #16 crew roster.

2nd Air Division Archive, American Library and Norfolk Record Office

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Object Number - UPL 71286 - 448th BG 712th SQ Crew #16, up until mission of January 21, 1944. On that mission, Stemmerman, Ford, Hackney, and Walker had to bail out of their...

While on an operational mission to Cherbourg,France, on 21 Jan 1944 in the B-24H, 41-29208, a target marker went off in the a/c forcing four gunners to bail out. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

Two airmen of the 466th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Division
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Combat organisation
The insignia of the 448th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 0688502
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Air Division 20th Combat Bomb Wing 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-447213
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
448th BG 712th SQ Crew 16
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Air Division 20th Combat Bomb Wing 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39407846
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner
448th BG 712th SQ Crew 16
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Air Division 20th Combat Bomb Wing 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36539204
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner
448th BG 712th SQ Crew 16
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Air Division 20th Combat Bomb Wing 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-808990
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Shoo-Shoo Baby
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron

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Added details. - Kickapoo

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Billy J Espich WWII Collection

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Billy J Espich WWII Collection.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / SO#150, 6th Heavy Bomb.Proc HQ, Herington, Kansas 5 Nov 43

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