Joseph Madison Price Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 601BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 26-Nov-44 in B-17 42-102565 'The Ugly Duckling. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
Sgt Price's story, along with many others, may be found in the book, "Not Home for Christmas, A Day in the Life of the Mighty Eight", by John Meurs
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Ugly Duckling
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 601st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Rutherford County, North Carolina | 24 September 1920 | Born Rutherford County, North Carolina |
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Enlisted |
Camp Croft, South Carolina | 21 August 1942 | Enlisted Camp Croft, South Carolina |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Ijsselmeer, Netherlands | 26 November 1944 - 26 November 1944 | Sgt Price was a B-17 gunner flying a mission to Germany. Flying over Holland, he and other crew bailed out of the plane over Ijssel Lake, before it crashed in Apeldoorn. |
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Buried |
Mount Pleasant Baptist Cemetery, Sandy Mush, NC, USA | 1 October 1949 | Re-Interred Mount Pleasant Baptist Cemetery, Sandy Mush, North Carolina |
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Sources
Updated Death and Burial events as per : http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=price&GSfn=joseph…;
ContributorAAM
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Sources
MACR 8457 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database