Joseph Aloysius McGinnis Jr
Military
Pilot
340th BG - 488th BS - 12th aF
Object Number - UPL 55537 - 1LT Joseph Aloysius McGinnis, Jr. Pilot 340th BG - 488th BS - 12th aF
The missions listed in the bio do not represent his total combat record of 59 combat missions.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 340th Bomb Group 488th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Bombardier/Squadron Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 340th Bomb Group 488th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier/Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 340th Bomb Group 488th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11122621
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Radio Operator/Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-25 Mitchell
- Unit: 340th Bomb Group 488th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Advanced Landing Ground Alesanie
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Comiso Airport
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Foggia "Gino Lisa" Airport
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Philadelphia, PA | 20 September 1920 | |
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Other Combat Mission |
Berat, Alabania | 12 November 1943 | 42-32305 8J |
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Other Combat Mission |
Kalamaki Airfield, Greece | 15 November 1943 | 41-30392 8V |
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Other Combat Mission |
Eleusis, Greece | 16 November 1943 | 42-32461 8E |
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Other Combat Mission |
Kalamaki Airfield, Greece | 17 November 1943 | 41-30120 8D |
|
Other Combat Mission |
Latina (Littorio), Italy | 10 March 1944 | 42-87462 8N |
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Other Combat Mission |
Cassino, Italy | 15 March 1944 | 42-32461 8E |
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Other Combat Mission |
Orvieto, Italy | 3 April 1944 | 41-30012 8J |
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Died |
near Crestview, Florida | 19 June 1945 | The Associated Press reported on 21 June that five men were killed when their army plane crashed near Crestview, Florida, on 19 June. Officials at Marianna Army Airfield in Florida said that the plane, en route from Eglin Field, Florida to Myrtle Beach Army Airfield, South Carolina, came down in a storm. First Lt. Joseph A. McGinnis, 24, the pilot, was from the Marianna base. He was the son of Joseph A. McGinnis of Philadelphia. The others (all stationed at Myrtle Beach) were First Lt. Lawrence F. Schirmer, 25, Sacramento, California; T-Sgt. William J. Koger, 25, husband of Mary G. Koger of Louisville, Georgia; T-Sgt. William H. Epperson, 25, Evanston, Illinois; and S-Sgt. George L. Simmons, 26, of Lakeland, Florida. "McGinnis was an instructor pilot with more than 1,200 hours of flying time and combat experience with the Canadian air force before U. S. entrance in the war, and with the American air corps in North Africa, Sicily and Italy A-26B 44-35024 |
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Buried |
Cheltenham, PA | 26 June 1945 | Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA PLOT Section J. |
| Philadelphia, PA |
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