Joseph Forman Meacham
MilitaryAssigned to 413BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. Crash landed in a field near East Shropham due to the props on two engines running away on form-up for a mission to Frankfurt on 4-Feb-44 in B-17F 42-30188 'Temptation'. RTD
Failed to Return (FTR) Friedrichshafen 24-Apr-44 in B-17 42-97620; flak hit on return, A/C abandoned, crashed Reichsthal, Germany Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 4164
Awards: DFC, AM (2OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35039806 / O-687521
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34359282
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34205973
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron 413th Bomb Squadron 337th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18065521 / O-728183
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35496552
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Syracuse, New York, USA | 6 February 1917 | |
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Enlisted |
Syracuse, NY | 5 February 1941 | Syracuse New York |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 24 April 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Other Baled out POW |
Reichsthal, Germany | 24 April 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Friedrichshafen 24-Apr-44 in B-17 42-97620; flak hit on return, A/C abandoned, crashed Reichsthal, Germany POW MACR 4164 |
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Died |
Saint Petersburg, FL | 25 June 1975 | |
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Buried |
Onondaga Valley CemeterySyracuse, Onondaga County, NY | 28 June 1975 | Onondaga Valley Cemetery Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY |
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Based |
Snetterton Heath | 24 April 1944 | Assigned to 413BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. |