Joseph F Sproha Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Associated person record.
Object Number - UPL 34327 - Joseph Sproha, photo supplied by the Joseph Sproha Family of California
Corporal, 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. KIS 23 June 1943 when bombs loaded into B17 #42-30024 "Caroline" exploded. 23 members of the 533rd BS and one civilian were killed. Buried in the Brookwood Cemetery. Reinterred in an unknown cemetery in Dover, NJ.
Wharton, NJ
Connections
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11095163
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15320732
- Highest Rank: Private First Class
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37249675
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33281444
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13065542
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Caroline
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Brookwood American Cemetery, Woking, Surrey, UK
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Pennsylvania, USA | 23 December 1917 | |
|
Enlisted |
Newark, NJ | 15 September 1942 | |
|
Based |
Ridgewell | 5 June 1943 - 23 June 1943 | |
|
Other Killed in Service |
Ridgewell, England - Station 167 | 23 June 1943 | Caroline explosion |
|
Buried |
Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial | 26 June 1943 | |
|
Buried |
Dover, New Jersey, USA | St Mary's |
Revisions
Updated burial location and cemetery.
381st Bomb Group at Ridgewell in WW2 Facebook page. Researched by Don Madar. Application for Headstone or Marker document.
All entries from ARowe95 are from:
381st BGMA
533rd Bomb Squadron War Diary
242nd Medical Detachment Diary
Fold.3
NARA Enlistment records
They Came from Over the Pond - David Osborne
The Mighty Men of the 381st - James Good Brown
Triumphant We Fly - Ken Stone
81st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999,oll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 160, NARA / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
