Joseph Kupits

Military
media-48180.jpeg UPL 48180 L to R: TSGT Grady Franklin Cope (G), CPT Joseph Kupits (B/N), CPT Meredith J. Huff (P), SSGT James B. Thompson (G)
416th BG - 669th BS - 9th AF

Object Number - UPL 48180 - L to R: TSGT Grady Franklin Cope (G), CPT Joseph Kupits (B/N), CPT Meredith J. Huff (P), SSGT James B. Thompson (G) 416th BG - 669th BS - 9th AF

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Units served with

An A-26 Invader (F6-P, serial number 43-22330) nicknamed "For Pete's Sake" of the 416th Bomb Group prepares for take-off at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Written on slide casing: '416 BG Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Nicknames: Irish
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group
  • Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Nicknames: Holey Joe
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Melun, Alsace

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Philadelphia, PA 17 July 1919

Enlisted

Camp Lee, Virginia 9 March 1942

Other

First 416th BG Combat Mission

Poix Airfield, France 3 March 1944

Other

Final 416th BG Combat Mission

Ulm, Germany 19 April 1945 Flew 66 combat missions

Died

Philadelphia, PA 10 April 2003
Philadelphia, PA 149 East Duval Street

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