Joseph B Mathis III

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

On 6 Mar 1944 on a mission to Erkner, Berlin, B-17F 42-31025 left formation over the target due to the mechanical failure of the #4 engine and on the return was attacked fighters knocking out another engine but was able to return and land at a base near Norfolk. Four wounded crewmen baled out over Holland. Returned to Duty (RTD).



Crashed into North Sea in B-17 'Lily Marlene' 43-37976, Killed in Action (KIA).



AM w/ 2 OLC, DFC,

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31025

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron

43-37976

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lili Marlene
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

22 October 1944

Born

Wood Ridge, New Jersey

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Added an association to the A/C #42-31025 listed in the "Summary biography".

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9656, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, First Over Germany pg. 287, / http://www.306bg.org/crewphotos/Crew%20Pictures%20Adam-Rector/Crew%20Pi…