Joseph Franklin Sills
Military ROLL OF HONOURpage 40 of German report KU-2355 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147885752
Joseph Sills was Radio Operator on B-24 'Begin The Beguine' #41-28619 on the mission to the Juvincourt airfield, France on 23 July 1944. Shot down by Flak over Holland, caught fire and exploded. Debris were spread over large area West of Vlissingen, Zeeland Province, The Netherlands. Killed In Action (KIA).
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 732nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39277430
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Nose Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 732nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13096199 at enlistment, then O-692819
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 732nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36559483
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
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Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
8 March 1923 | Warriors Mark, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States | |
Enlisted |
4 January 1943 | Altoona, Pennsylvania | |
Other Killed In Action (KIA) |
23 June 1944 | in the loss of B-24 #41-28619 West of Vlissingen, The Netherlands | |
Buried |
24 June 1944 | at the Vlissingen cemetery | |
State College, Centre County, Pennsylvania | |||
Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | after the war his remains were brought to Belgium. Joseph Sills rests at Plot D, Row 7, Grave 36 |
Revisions
Configured cemetery for "Burial" event per Find-a-grave MEMORIAL ID 56360874.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6232 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database