Joseph Francis Burkowski
Military
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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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31140922
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
20 September 1919 | Naugatuck, Connecticut | |
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Enlisted |
25 March 1942 | Hartford, Connecticut | |
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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, | |
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Died |
5 February 1996 | Delray Beach, Florida | |
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Born |
Union City, Connecticut | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Interned at Stalag Luft 1, Barth, Germany. NARA WWII POW records : "Returned to Military Control 8 June 1945." | ||
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Other Changed his name to Burke |
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Buried |
Saint James Cemetery, Naugatuck, Connecticut |
Revisions
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