Joseph P Andrecheck

Military
media-19632.jpeg UPL 19632 Crew of the 560th BS, 388th BG, beside the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress “Pride of the Yanks”. England, 9-6-44.
NARA Ref 342-FH-3A46059-61451AC
Standing L-R: 1Lt Raleigh E Brown [Edwardsville Kansa], T/Sgt Robert A Hughes [Waterloo, Iowa], S/Sgt James K Bell [Muneie, Indiana], S/Sgt Frank L Erickson [Beresford SD], S/Sgt Charles F Tower [Walker Missouri], T/Sgt Arthur W Schumacher [Cacher Ohio], S/Sgt Dale R Payton [Lynwood CA].
Kneeling L-R: 2Lt Charles P Moore [Ottawa Kansas], F/O Robert Gorman [Detrooit Michigan], Lt Joseph P Andrecheck [Mohawk, NY].

42-32004 - 60 missions - MIA on 20 june 44 (mission to Magdeburg).

Object Number - UPL 19632 - Crew of the 560th BS, 388th BG, beside the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress “Pride of the Yanks”. England, 9-6-44. NARA Ref...

Command pilot Aphrodite drone B-17 42-30212, mission to V1 missile site Watten, France. 6-8-44. Baled out successfully over UK.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Quarterback
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 6 August 1944

Places

Events

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Born

New York, NY, USA 9 February 1918

Other

Aphrodite mission

Watten, France 6 August 1944 Command pilot Aphrodite drone B-17 42-30212, mission to V1 missile site Watten, France. 6-8-44. Baled out successfully over UK.

Died

Lancaster, OH 43130, USA 10 October 2011
Mohawk, New York

Revisions

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AAM DB Entry.
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Liberator: The Consolidated B-24 by Graham Simons.

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AAM DB Entry.
Liberator: The Consolidated B-24 by Graham Simons.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html

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