Joseph A Burns
MilitaryPrisoner of War (POW) Crashed at Kasserolhof on 9/12/44 in B-17 #4231065. He crashed on his 7th mission. STALAG LUFT IV. SURVIVED BLACK MARCH
POW; Air Medal
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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
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||
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Buried/ Commemorated |
Riverside National Cemetery Palm Springs, California |
Revisions
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Sources
306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition MACR 8827 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia