Earl B Joswick
MilitaryEarl 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 βTen Aces.β 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
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- 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 |
Revisions
Added a connection to Stalag Luft IV per POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added POW camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
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