Joseph Archer Broadwater

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 328FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ramrod to Berlin in P-51B 'Pattie Ann' 42-106872, shot down in melee with Fw190's 12-Sep-44 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8659.



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-106872

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Pattie Ann II
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 328th Fighter Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Bodney airfield, looking south east, the barrack sites are in the top centre of the image, 8 June 1945. Photograph taken by No. 542 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/369. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Bodney

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Tyler County, WV, USA 2 February 1924 Son of Ralph Archer and Helen [McCoy] Broadwater.

Enlisted

Morgantown, WV, USA 7 December 1942

Based

Bodney 28 July 1944 - 12 September 1944 Assigned to 328FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF.

Died

Müncheberg, Germany 12 September 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Ramrod to Berlin in P-51B 'Pattie Ann' 42-106872, shot down in melee with Fw190's 12-Sep-44 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8659.

Buried

Fürstenwalde, Germany 13 September 1944 Interred Furstenwalde Cemetery Germany
West Virginia, USA

Buried

Sistersville, WV 26175, USA Re-Interred Greenwood Cemetery Sistersville West Virginia

Revisions

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8659 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list