Joseph C Landry

Military

Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) training mission in B-26B 41-17943, fatal crash Bassingbourn. Gusty conditions and a mechanical problem with the fin appear to be the causes. 26-Apr-43.



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

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

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20841192 / O-791706
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bomber pilot

Aircraft

A B-26 Marauder (ER-K, serial number 41-17943) believed to be the 450th Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group aircraft that Lieutenant Clyde H. Larey was piloting when he crashed into Cambridge on the 26th of April 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '117943. ER:K. Crashed Cambridge, 26/4/43. 322BG, 450BS.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Penobscot County, ME, USA 16 August 1916 Son of Herbert A and Caroline Tardie Landry.

Enlisted

Portland, ME, USA 28 December 1941

Died

Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth SG8, UK 26 April 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) training mission in B-26B 41-17943, fatal crash Bassingbourn. Gusty conditions and a mechanical problem with the fin appear to be the causes. 26-Apr-43.

Buried

27 April 1943 Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial
Maine, USA

Based

Andrews Field 26 April 1943 Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Old Town, ME 04468, USA Re-Interred Forrest Hill cemetery Old Town Penobscot Maine, USA

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs by Bishop and Hey p. 108, AF Combat Units of t WWII p. 202, National WW II Memorial web site - NARA