Joel W Gatewood

Military
media-43631.jpeg UPL 43631 Joel Gatewood

From His Daughter Jeanne Barnes

Object Number - UPL 43631 - Joel Gatewood

Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #425139 'Chief Sly II. ' Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

His Mission List as follows.

July 28 - Target - Kassel - Aborted flight as Copilot on 42-5178.

July 29 - Target - Kiel - Mission #1 - Copilot 42-29973.

August 12 - Target - Gelsenkirchen - Mission #2 - Pilot - 42-5178

August 16 - Target - La Bourget - Mission #3 - Pilot - 42-5139

August 17 - Target - Schweinfurt - Mission #4 - Pilot - 42-5139.

Connections

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-29973

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Patty Gremlin Jr
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron

42-5139

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Chief Sly II
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron

42-5178

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Old Stand By
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 17 August 1943

Revisions

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ContributorRayWells
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Added Photograph

Date
ContributorRayWells
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Updated Connections to aircraft and added Mission Log to Biography

Date
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 276 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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