Joseph H Reus

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media-23763.png UPL 23763 2nd Lt. Joseph H. Reus photo from War Department Identification Card. Issued 23 June 1945 in France after his release from German POW camp. Courtesy of Joseph H. Reus.

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Object Number - UPL 23763 - 2nd Lt. Joseph H. Reus photo from War Department Identification Card. Issued 23 June 1945 in France after his release from German POW camp. Courtesy...

Shot down 30 Dec 1943 in B-24 #41-29123 'Big Joe. 'Shot down by flak and fighters and crashed near Fulda, GR on a mission to Gotha, GR on 24 Feb 1944 in B-24J #42-100335. Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I Barth, 1 1/4 years



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A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

41-29123

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Big Joe, Bit XX Big Joe
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron

42-100335

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Prisoner of War (POW)

English Channel 30 December 1943

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 24 February 1944

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Contributoriseyij
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Oral History: Omaha World-Herald, Octo 17, 2015. Flew 2 missions; shot down twice (first time crash landed in the English Channel)

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ContributorKevinLorden
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Photo courtesy of Joseph H. Reus.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2561 / MACR 5210 / MACR 5210, MACR 2561, self, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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