Joseph Goetz
Military ROLL OF HONOURMichel Beckers WW2CRASHSITEREASERCH
Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. On 21-Jan-44, made gear up landing at RAF Manston on return from an operational Ramrod mission in P-47D 42-22767. RTD. Transferred to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed E/SE of La-Roche-sur-Yon, France after strafing airfield on a sweep of the the Bordeaux area on 21-Mar-44 in P-51B 43-12496. Killed in Action (KIA).
AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Crashed |
Manston, Ramsgate, Kent CT12, UK | 21 January 1944 | Made gear up landing at RAF Manston on return from an operational Ramrod mission in P-47D 42-22767. Returned To Duty. |
Other Transferred |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 5 February 1944 - 21 March 1944 | Transferred to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Died |
85000 La Roche-sur-Yon, France | 21 March 1944 | Crashed E/SE of La-Roche-sur-Yon, France after strafing airfield on a sweep of the the Bordeaux area on 21-Mar-44 in P-51B 43-12496. Killed in Action (KIA). |
Buried |
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Born |
Buffalo, NY, USA | ||
Other Assigned |
Boxted, Colchester, Essex, UK | 5 February 1944 | Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buffalo, NY, USA |
Revisions
Includes details from:
http://www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/personnel.htm ;
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list ;
MACR 3383 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database;
ABMC - http://www.abmc.gov/search-abmc-burials-and-memorializations/detail/WWI…
Includes details from:
http://www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/personnel.htm ;
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list ;
MACR 3383 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database;
ABMC - http://www.abmc.gov/search-abmc-burials-and-memorializations/detail/WWI…
ABMC, MACR 3383, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia