Joseph R Farley
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort Hannover en return near Beilefeld hit by ground fire in P-47 42-75457, crashed near Loddenheide Killed in Action (KIA). 28-May-44 MACR 5027.
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Air base
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 28 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Jacksonville, FL, USA | 6 January 1942 | |
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Died |
Loddenheide 5, 48155 Münster, Germany | 28 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) escort Hannover en return near Beilefeld hit by ground fire in P-47 42-75457, crashed near Loddenheide KIA. MACR 5027. |
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Buried |
Münster, Germany | 29 May 1944 | Interred Kaus-Spittal POW Cemetery Near Munster, Germany |
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Born |
Duval County, FL, USA | ||
| Duval County, FL, USA | |||
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Buried |
Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial |
Revisions
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=42-75457&Submit6=Go
https://www.fold3.com/image/28657442
https://www.fold3.com/image/310762476?terms=O-806645%20Joseph%20R%20Far…
https://www.fold3.com/record/529855134-joseph-r-farley
https://www.fold3.com/record/83985915-joseph-r-farley
Mission 376: Battle Over the Reich, May 28, 1944 By Ivo de Jong
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56358099/joseph-r.-farley
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5027 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list