Joseph Norman Gates
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 9 October 1942 in B-17 #41-24510 'Snoozy II ' while serving as Co-Pilot. Killed in Action (KIA). Attacked by fighters which killed pilot Olson and copilot Gates. Assigned target Lille I/A, France. Plane crashed near Nechin, Belgium. 2 crew members evaded and 1 Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Snoozy II
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 9 October 1942
- Official Description:
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
San Diego, California | 9 April 1920 | |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Néchin, 7730 Estaimpuis, Belgium | 9 October 1942 | Killed in a fighter attack. |
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Buried |
Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell, NE 69151, USA | Originally buried in the Southern Cemetery of Lille, France along with the 5 other KIAs of this crew and 6 from B-24 41-23687 93BG/330BS. After the war his remains were repatriated to the United States along with those of SSgt Nicholson and SSgt Wilder and those of Lt Garrott and Lt Marsh from the B-24 for a Group Burial at the Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell, Nebraska. |
Revisions
Updated his middle name per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 687830.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/687830/joseph-norman-gates
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
Added a connection to the mission of 9-Oct-42 mentioned in the "Summary biography".
Lee Cunningham 14-Nov-2014. Minor format edit of summary biograph.; added KIA event; reconciled entry because of duplicate entry by ingest.
Lee Cunningham 24-Oct-2014. Missing Air Crew Report (MACT) 6707. Burial information "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6706, Combat Chronology Supplement p. 206 Losses of the 8th and 9th AF by Bishop and Hey p.37,