Joe K DeMure
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in action |
8 September 1944 | ||
Born |
E Chicago, Indiana |
Revisions
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Sources
379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 320 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8844