Joseph J Fracchia

Military

Shot down in 9 October 1942 in B-17F 41-9018 while serving as Co-Pilot. Crashed into the English Channel near Holque, France. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

327th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

92nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

41-9018

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron

Missions

VIII Bomber Command 14

Date: 9 October 1942
Official Description:

Places

Bovingdon

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Zagan, Poland	9 October 1942 - 1 June 1945	Held at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan-Silesia (now Poland) then later moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 1-Jun-45.
Born	Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland

9 October 1942 - 1 June 1945

Held at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan-Silesia (now Poland) then later moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 1-Jun-45.

Born

Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Revisions

Date17 Nov 2014 20:15:41

ContributorLee8thbuff

Changes

Sources

lee Cunningham 17-Nov-2014. Added decoration; 92BG place association; POW dates; edited biography to add crew position and crash location.

Date23 Oct 2014 18:53:23

ContributorLee8thbuff

Changes

Sources

Lee Cunningham 23-October-2014. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 15218; National Archives Records Administration (NARA) POW database.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:17:20

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15218 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database