Joseph J Balesh
MilitaryRadio operator, Duarte, E. crew. 381st BG, 535th BS, 8th AF. Shot down in B-17 #42-39910. Mission #55 to Bordeaux, France. Attacked by fighters that blew out the plexiglass in the nose along with engines #2 & 3. Headed to Spain and bailed out with one engine left. MACR 1878. Prisoner of War at Stalag XVIIB.
Reports are T/Sgt Balesh may have been left behind in the Pyrenees while attempting to cross.
Brooklyn, NY
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-686917
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20755148
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12209398
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12214550
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Brooklyn, NY | 12 June 1924 | |
Other Prisoner of War |
Wasserhofstraße, 3500 Krems an der Donau, Austria | 31 December 1943 | Stalag XVIIB |
Based Prisoner of War |
31 December 1943 |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx