Joseph J Musial

Military
media-17044.jpeg UPL 17044 Howard Snyder (B-17 Susan Ruth) Crew Picture
Back row: Flight Engineer/Top Turret gunner Roy Holbert, Ball Turret Gunner Louis Colwart, Radio Operator Ross Kahler, Right Waist Gunner John Pindroch, Left Waist Gunner Joe Musial, Tail Gunner William Slenker
Front Row: First Pilot, Howard Snyder, Co-Pilot George Eike, Navigator Robert Benninger, Bombardier Richard Daniels

Associated person through information in photograph caption.

Object Number - UPL 17044 - Howard Snyder (B-17 Susan Ruth) Crew Picture Back row: Flight Engineer/Top Turret gunner Roy Holbert, Ball Turret Gunner Louis Colwart, Radio...

Shot down by fighters and crashed near Macquenoise, Belgium on a mission to Frankfurt am Main on 8 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31499. A 20mm shell blew his leg off when ME's caught up with the plane over France. Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16.















Prior to the ETO, he was with the 13th AF in the South Pacific, where he flew 72 missions in a B-17 and volunteered for another combat tour.



POW, AM DFC, PH, Presidential Citation,

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

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

People

Richard LeRoy Daniels

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12029522 at enlistment, then O-679378
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier/Nose Gunner

Howard John Snyder

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-742461
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-31499

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Susan Ruth
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Laurence Harbor, New Jersey, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

France 8 February 1944

Revisions

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Added a connection to the A/C pilot.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2493 / MACR 2493, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, First Over Germany pg. 202, Combat Crews pg. 105, NARA, / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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