Joseph C Jay

Military

After falling out of formation and then being attacked by fighters on the return from a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-31488 'Shade Ruff' crashed SE of meppen, GR after the crew baled out. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31488

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Shade Ruff
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Columbia, South Carolina, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 8 March 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2911 / MACR 2911, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2627 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database