Joseph J Rosa

Military
media-26169.jpeg UPL 26169 Lt. Joseph J. Rosa Bomber School 1942 Florida
Standing in front of a B26 Joseph J Rosa Collection

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Object Number - UPL 26169 - Lt. Joseph J. Rosa Bomber School 1942 Florida Standing in front of a B26

On 21-Sep-43 while serving as Navigator of B-26B 41-31721 387BG/559BS the aircraft sustained damage from AA fire while attacking the German airfield of Beauvais/Tille, France. 1LT Rosa an the rest of the crew were able to bale out of the stricken aircraft before it crashed about two miles northwest of the target. He and 4 others were captured as Prisoners of War (POW) 2 evaded capture.

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Units served with

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

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Cactus Jack
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 559th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Providence, RI, USA 7 January 1942

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

21 September 1943 - 9 June 1945 Held at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan-Silesia (now Poland) moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser. Officially Returned to Military Control 9-Jun-45

Born

Rhode Island, USA

Revisions

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ContributorLucy May
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Sources

http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=109258

NARA Enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=8&cat=all&tf… desc&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=391180&rlst=391180,2879733,6491947,3864538,8321042,7886018,2662708,7892590

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ContributorMichael B
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Lt. J. J. Rosa is my father. I have all his medals and his MACR report. He stayed in the Air Force until 1964 for 22 years of service.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 26-Jun-2015 Add NEW person entry. All data from MACR 614; "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; and National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database.

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