Joe D Mitchell

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-21839.jpeg UPL 21839 Joe D Mitchell - Marshalltown, 492nd BG, KIA Charles D Taylor collection

"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor

Object Number - UPL 21839 - Joe D Mitchell - Marshalltown, 492nd BG, KIA

Shot down by fighters and crashed into the Baltic Sea on 6/20/44 in B-24 Little Lulu 42-110143 Killed in Action (KIA)

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Units served with

A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.

492nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-110143

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Little Lulu
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Killed in action

20 June 1944
Irvington, Texas, USA

Born

Marshalltown, Iowa

Buried

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7083 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 21839 - Joe D Mitchell - Marshalltown, 492nd BG, KIA