Joseph K Duplechain

Military

media-7092.jpeg UPL 7092 S/Sergeant Norman F. Christian and T/Sergeant Joseph K. Duplechain at Snetterton Heath, Norfolk, England (96th Bomb Group, 339th Squadron).

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Object Number - UPL 7092 - S/Sergeant Norman F. Christian and T/Sergeant Joseph K. Duplechain at Snetterton Heath, Norfolk, England (96th Bomb Group, 339th Squadron).

POW Shot down by flak and crashed at Koblenz on 719/44 in B-17 Silver Slipper #4232045

According to Bockstanz, "we were hit on the bomb run. Two engines were knocked out but we managed to stay with the formatio

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Units served with

339th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

96th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-32045

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Silver Slipper
Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron

Places

Snetterton Heath

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Station 138

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Mayfield, New York, USA
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Germany	19 July 1944

Event

Location

Date

Description

Born

Mayfield, New York, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany

19 July 1944

Revisions

Date3 Apr 2019 09:40:55

Contributorarubalime

Changes

Sources

MACR 07411

Date27 Sep 2014 18:17:22

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7411 / MACR 7411; Snetterton Falcons, pg 169, 178 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database