Joseph David Bancroft
Military
page 98 of German report KU 3651 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147913734
Object Number - UPL 45109 - Joseph Bancroft’s Dog Tag on page 98 of German report KU 3651 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147913734 (NARA)
Assigned to 603BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin 3 February 1945. Mid-air collision near Lehmke in B-17 43-38697. Prisoner of War (POW). Sole survivor of crew. MACR 12215.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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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: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15140333
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34782382
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36817784
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33401456
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34807652
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 3 February 1945
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Louisville, Kentucky, USA | 25 May 1921 | |
| Louisville, KY | 16 February 1942 | 3913 Rudd Avenue | |
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Enlisted |
Louisville, KY | 31 October 1942 | Louisville, Kentucky |
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Other Baled out |
Lehmke, Germany | 3 February 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin; mid air collision near Lehmke in B-17 43-38697 |
|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Moosburg, Germany | 3 February 1945 | Captured in Kahlstorf, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW). Last interned at Stalag Luft VIIa Moosburg, Germany. |
|
Died |
Portland, OR | 29 July 1992 | |
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Buried |
Willamette National Cemetery Portland, Multnomah County, OR | 5 August 1992 | Willamette National Cemetery Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon |
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Based Prisoner of War (POW) |
Nuthampstead | 3 February 1945 | Assigned to 603BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Removed # from A/C serial to aid clarity and consistency.
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http://www.398th.org/History/Veterans/History/Logan_Tribute.html
Mission to Berlin: The American Airmen Who Struck the Heart of Hitler's Reich By Robert F. Dorr
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Mission to Berlin: The American Airmen Who Struck the Heart of Hitler's Reich By Robert F. Dorr
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12215 / MACR 12215,Mention in Hell from Heaven: Memoirs of a WW II B-17 Bombardier by Streitfeld / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
