Joseph Peter Gonet
MilitaryAssigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Nantes in B-26 41-31974. Hit by flak in target area, smoke seen trailing from starboard engine, control lost, A/C turned on its back, crashed Trois Moulins, 12km Sth of Nantes, France 19-Jul-44. MACR 7047.
Evaded Capture E&E 1645 (Escape & Evasion Report) refers
Awards: AM (6OL), PH, WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![Personnel of the 322nd Bomb Group with a B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-17934) nicknamed "Pappy's Pram". Image stamped on reverse: 'Reveiwed and passed [illegible] 1943.' [stamp] Handwritten caption on reverse: 'PN-Q 322.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379976.jpg.webp?itok=h9RDoVED)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14058086 / O-790806
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bomber pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: We Cant Miss Victory
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Great Saling
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Queens, NY, USA | 12 February 1915 | |
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Enlisted |
Elmira, NY, USA | 2 January 1942 | Elmira, New York |
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Other Shot down / baled out |
12km Sth of Nantes, France | 19 July 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Nantes in B-26 41-31974. Hit by flak in target area, smoke seen trailing from starboard engine, control lost, A/C turned on its back, crashed Trois Moulins, 12km Sth of Nantes, France 19-Jul-44. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 7047. |
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Other Evaded Capture |
19 July 1944 - 27 September 1944 | evaded capture (E&E 1645 refers) returned home to the US by air 27th September 1944 flew from Prestwick, Scotland to La Guardia, NY. (Ancestry.com) | |
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Died |
Shreveport, LA, USA | 30 December 1989 | |
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Based |
Andrews Field | 19 July 1944 | Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. |