Joseph J Rubin

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-36819.jpeg UPL 36819 Sgt. Joseph Rubin
352nd Fighter Group

Family member perished in the same crash.

Object Number - UPL 36819 - Sgt. Joseph Rubin 352nd Fighter Group

Sgt. Joseph J. Rubin was a passenger on the B-24J #42-100001 "Drawers" that crashed on a local training flight on 28 January 1944, killing Sgt. Rubin and 4 others.



He was assigned to the medical section of the 487th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group.



Under duress of the smoke, fire, and order to abandon ship, he was overcome with fear and was unable to jump. He perished in the crash.



He's buried in the Cambridge American Cemetery, Plot C Row 4 Grave 72.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.

389th Bomb Group

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

People

Lon J Byram

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Floyd Stanley Ernst

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 389th Bomb Group 487th Fighter Squadron 565th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36260643
  • Highest Rank: Private
  • Role/Job: Medic

Alan Lee Green

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Halbert R Grimm

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Assistant Radio Operator

Donald T Hickey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

42-100001

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Drawers
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Stowlangtoft, Bury Saint Edmunds IP31, UK 28 January 1944

Buried

Plot C Row 4 Grave 72
New York, USA

Revisions

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Family member perished in the same crash.

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Family member perished in the same crash.

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Added Joseph J Rubin's name to the Roll of Honour in the American Air Museum at IWM Duxford.

http://www.abmc.gov/node/542562#.WoGIe01LFzk

Source for 352nd Fighter Group: Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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8th AF Losses / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Object number: UPL 36819 - Sgt. Joseph Rubin 352nd Fighter Group