Joseph Hartley Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
466th BG - 786th BS
Standing Left to Right: Gerald A. Messier (CP), Raymond Shinder (B), George Keber (N), Joseph Hartley (P)
Kneeling Left to Right: Richard Halstead (G), Bernell Oberbeck (FE), Harry Phippen (G), Walter Sloan (G), Henry McKinley (R/O), Unidentified
Corrected flight engineer's name.
Object Number - UPL 25894 - Crew #625 - Joseph Hartley Crew 466th BG - 786th BS Standing Left to Right: Gerald A. Messier (CP), Raymond Shinder (B), George Keber (N),...
Joseph Hartley was killed in action in B-24H #42-95010 'Crow's Nest' on his final mission. Hartley was KIA when he was hit in the head by 20mm cannon fire from attacking German fighters. The wounded co-pilot was able to bring the aircraft back to England, landing at the 357th FG base at Leiston. He was engaged to Dorothy Newman.
Dorothy's great-niece writes:
"It was a great love story - they were saving for a home for when he returned and they would be married. The letters, the love, it's so great. My great Aunt always spoke about his plane, The Crow's Nest - and on the front of it was a woman with red hair - it may have said Rhode Island Red - or at least that's what they nicknamed it. It was after my Aunt Dot with her big red hair. My Aunt Dot is 97 and still going strong."
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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: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39712272
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37500961
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-816798
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37505721
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-694807
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Crow's Nest
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Died |
Berlin, Germany | 21 June 1944 | Lt. Hartley was KIA when he was hit in the head by 20mm cannon fire from attacking German fighters. The wounded co-pilot was able to bring the aircraft back to England, landing at the 357th FG base at Leiston. |
| Pawtucket, RI, USA | 9 Ash Street | ||
|
Buried |
Central Falls, RI 02863, USA | Moshassuck Cemetery Central Falls Providence County Rhode Island, USA | |
|
Born |
Maine, USA |
Revisions
http://us-census.mooseroots.com/l/94230072/Joseph-Hartley-Jr
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Hartley&GSfn=JOse…;
466th BG Archives - "Officers of Attlebridge" booklet
466th BG ARchives - List of 466th BG burials at Cambridge American Cemetery
Combat Sup, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces vol 3 pg 660 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
