Joseph Francis Ries

Military

Assigned to 849BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF. Member of Fred Seals crew, flew on 17 WW2 missions.





Awards: AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

Connections

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

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

People

Fred Clifford Seals

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18073060 / O-555645
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'

Eye

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

31 July 1919 Son of Florence M Reis.

Enlisted

Tacoma, WA 17 February 1943 Tacoma, Washington

Died

Seattle, WA 5 April 2004

Buried

Holyrood Catholic Cemetery Shoreline, King County, WA 7 April 2004 Holyrood Catholic Cemetery Shoreline, King County, Washington

Revisions

Date
ContributorHelen
Changes
Sources

490th BG AF News April 1992

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/649507774
https://www.fold3.com/record/71908915/joseph-f-ries-social-security-dea…
https://www.fold3.com/record/90850542/joseph-f-ries-wwii-army-enlistmen…
https://www.fold3.com/record/713825331/ries-joseph-f-us-veterans-graves…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69124129/joseph-f-ries

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia