Joe Floyd Ward
Military ROLL OF HONOURRear L-R: S/Sgt Spear, T/Sgt Ward, S/Sgt McAtee, S/Sgt Gentry, S/Sgt Sevick, T/Sgt Carlton, Sgt Nelon
Front L-R: 1Lt Light, Cpt Diehl, 1Lt Girard, 1Lt Kelley
USAAF Photo
Assigned to 68BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY to 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti 1-Au-43 in B-24 42-40995 'Satans Hellcats'; A/C set afire and crashed after target. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 2416/3147
Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (3OLC), EAME, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-727991
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Satan's Hell Cats
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Slocomb, Alabama | 3 March 1919 | Son of Gillett and Fannie Mae Ward. |
Enlisted |
Fort McClellan, AL | 10 July 1941 | Fort McClellan, Alabama |
Died |
1 August 1943 | ||
Buried |
Bolovani Cemetery, Ploesti, Romania | 2 August 1943 | Bolovani Cemetery, Romania |
Buried |
Malvern Baptist Church Cemetery Malvern, Geneva County, AL | Re-Interred Malvern Baptist Church Cemetery Malvern, Geneva County, Alabama | |
Based |
Shipdham | 1 August 1943 | Assigned to 68BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3147, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I pp. 219-220