Joseph F Kerch
Military ROLL OF HONOURImage re-loaded to correct the orientation.
Original upload from Military records via user Brian H - https://www.americanairmuseum.com/user/50496
Prisoner of War (POW), crashed near Celle in P-51 #42106698. April 1944 to April 1945.
Credited with one (1) shared and one (1) destroyed air victories.
Retired Active Duty as a Lt. Colonel 1965.
Died 14 DEC 2007 In Connecticut, USA.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 357th Fighter Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Derby, Connecticut | 30 June 1920 | |
Promoted |
South Vietnam | 1 January 1965 - 1 January 1971 | Flew as a pilot for Air America, the CIA air transport in South Vietnam. |
Died |
14 December 2007 | ||
Enlisted |
Revisions
1996 355TH FG Assoc. Directory MACR 4070 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4070 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list