Joe K DeMure

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action - Crashed at Mannheim in B-17 "Blue Blazing Blizzard" 42-31720.



Aircraft hit by flak and left formation with #3 engine on fire. The wing came off and the plane exploded. No chutes were seen, but 4 Prisoner of War (POW)S and 1 returned to duty.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Blue Blazing Blizzard
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron

Events

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Killed in action

8 September 1944

Born

E Chicago, Indiana

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379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 320 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8844