Jerry John Joswick
Military
Object Number - UPL 49748 - Bleyer's crew after landing from the Ploesti raid. Rear L-R: Watts, Rumsey, Bleyer, Joswick, McGown (McCown), Sathia. Front L-R: Unk*, Looke, Kozak,...
Member of the Ninth Bomber Command Camera Unit attached to 98th Bomb Group. He is the co-author of "Combat Camera Man", 1961.
Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1-Aug-43, flying in B-24 Liberator 41-11896.
Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (7OLC), BS, WWII Victory, EAME. Also British African Star.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force Twelfth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Shanghi Lil
- Unit: Ninth Air Force
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Nightmare
- Unit: 98th Bomb Group 343rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - The Vulgar Virgin - Hell From Heaven - Shoot Youre Faded
- Unit: 98th Bomb Group 344th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description: 177 B-24’s, of IX Bomber Command (including Heavy Bombers on loan from Eighth AF) are dispatched to bomb oil refineries at Ploesti and nearby Campina. The operation (TIDALWAVE) is costly, 54 planes and 532 airmen being lost, but damage to the targets...
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Milwaukee, WI | 5 April 1923 | Son of Theresa Joswick. |
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Enlisted |
Chicago, IL | 29 December 1942 | Chicago, Illinois |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
27 June 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Kula, HI | 11 May 1990 |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/record/624733600/jerry-joswick-1923-veterans-affa…
"Combat Camera Man" - Awards.
