Joseph A Klain Jr
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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: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-835456
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Kentucky, USA | 4 January 1926 | |
Enlisted |
Fort Thomas, KY, USA | 15 March 1944 | |
Other 466th BG Combat Tour |
Attlebridge, Norwich, UK | 4 April 1945 - 15 April 1945 | 7 Combat missions Survived a fiery crash just after takeoff on 15 April 1945 in a plane loaded with napalm |
Died |
Louisville, KY, USA | 1 July 1972 | |
Buried |
Louisville, KY, USA | 5 July 1972 | South Jefferson Cemetery • Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA |
Louisville, KY, USA |
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=1133609
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82934593/joseph-a.-klain
http://death-records.mooseroots.com/l/144132217/Joseph-Klain
"Attlebridge Arsenal" - Brassfield & Wassom, page 76
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Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, page 347