Joseph Francis Burkowski

Military

media-37688.jpeg UPL 37688 Crew of B-17F 42-29893 "El Diablo" in summer 1943. 1st Lt. John N. Beilstein - Bombardier, top row - 2nd from right

Mel Pins, Des Moines, Iowa

Object Number - UPL 37688 - Crew of B-17F 42-29893 "El Diablo" in summer 1943. 1st Lt. John N. Beilstein - Bombardier, top row - 2nd from right

Shot down 16 September 1943 in B-17 #42-29893. Arrested at MATABIAU Station - Toulouse - 02/02/1944 by French Vichy Police

Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

379th Bomb Group

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

524th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

John N Beilstein

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-733514
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Charles T Gray

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 38148633
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Earl H Guyette

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-738145
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Floyd Halton Jamerson

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 16058103 at enlistment, then O-734095
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Howard E Moody

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 34128635
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

42-29893

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: El Diablo
Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Aerial photograph of Kimbolton airfield looking west, the bomb dump and technical site with a T2 hangar is on the left, 10 August 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/635. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Events

Event	Date	Description
Born	20 September 1919	Naugatuck, Connecticut
Enlisted	25 March 1942	Hartford, Connecticut
Other evaded capture	16 September 1943	Had bailed out of B-17 42-29893, south of Rennes, France. Helped by French citizens and Résistance members until his arrest at a control at the railway station in Toulouse, France,
Died	5 February 1996	Delray Beach, Florida
Born		Union City, Connecticut
Other Prisoner of War (POW)		Interned at Stalag Luft 1, Barth, Germany. NARA WWII POW records : "Returned to Military Control 8 June 1945."
Other Changed his name to Burke
Buried		Saint James Cemetery, Naugatuck, Connecticut

Revisions

Date9 Jan 2024 09:50:33

ContributorHattie

Changes

Sources

Date4 Oct 2018 11:50:35

ContributorED-BB

Changes

Sources

MACR 1346
NARA WWII Enlistment Records
NARA WWII POW records

Date27 Sep 2014 18:17:14

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1346 / MACR 1346; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 278 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database