Earl B Joswick

Military
media-7123.jpeg UPL 7123 Earl B. Joswick B-17 Ball Turret Gunner, "Ten Aces" 95th Bomb Group, 334th Bomb Squadron, POW

Object Number - UPL 7123 - Earl B. Joswick B-17 Ball Turret Gunner, "Ten Aces" 95th Bomb Group, 334th Bomb Squadron, POW

Earl B. Joswick, Staff Sergeant, Ball Turret Gunner, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress; United States Army Air Forces, Eighth Air Force, 95th Bomb Group (Heavy), 334th squadron, aircrew β€œTen Aces.” European Theater, WWII Veteran. POW (Stalag IV), Awarded the Air Medal, Purple Heart, and POW medal. Member of The Eighth Air Force Historical Society of Minnesota (past President), The 95th Bomb Group (H) Association, American Ex-Prisoners of War and proud to have been part of The Greatest Generation.

Earl Joswick's 8th AFHS-MN webpage

https://sites.google.com/site/8thafhsmn/pictures/photoshop

Earl liked attending air shows, and he was interviewed by Bill Morgan, Staff Writer for an article in the July 11, 2009 Sherburne County Citizen and the WWII History Round Table in Rochester.



Shot down by fighters and crashed at Vielbrunn on 7/19/44 in B-17 'Ten Aces' #42-38178, Prisoner of War (POW).



(Dwight F. Brooks built a 1/10 scale model - a 10 foot wingspan - of "Ten Aces" which is owned by the 8th AFHS-MN.)



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Ten Aces
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Waynata, Minnesota

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 19 July 1944 Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16

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Added a connection to Stalag Luft IV per POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Added a unit connection to the 8th AF.

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Added the awards mentioned in the "Summary biography".

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Added POW camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7409 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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