Joseph Susicke Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by fighters on mission to Brunswick on 30-Jan-44 in B-17 42-3325 'Paddy Gremlin'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2867
Awards: PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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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: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-409176
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Paddy Gremlin
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Passaic, New Jersey, USA | 13 January 1923 | Son of Joseph Sr and Maggie Susicke. |
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Enlisted |
Newark, NJ | 2 September 1942 | Newark, New Jersey |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 30 January 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW) |
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Other Baled out POW |
North Sea | 30 January 1944 | Shot down by fighters on mission to Brunswick on 30-Jan-44 in B-17 42-3325 'Paddy Gremlin'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2867 |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
26 October 1945 | Honourable discharge | |
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Died |
15 August 1997 | ||
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Buried |
Saint Michael's Cemetery, South Hackensack, Bergen County, NJ | 18 August 1997 | Saint Michael's Cemetery South Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey |
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Based |
Kimbolton | 30 January 1944 | Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178014693/joseph-susicke
Added a connection to A/C #42-3325 listed in the "Summary biography".
Corrected the name by moving "Jr" from the middle name field to the suffix field.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2867, 8th AF Losses