Joseph W Turner
Military21 May 1943 Attacked on a mission in B17 #42-29938 'Ole Puss / Tarfu' to Emden, Germany after fighter attack. Returned to duty (RTD).
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![The insignia of the 413th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395039.jpg?itok=P7vQ8gFT)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395035.jpg?itok=01faXuTd)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
![The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Ole Puss" of the 96th Bomb Group, that has crash-landed. Handwritten caption on reverse: '. 96th B.G., 45th Combat Wing, 3rd Air Div.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-408616.jpg?itok=gRKA37B5)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: - Tarfu - Ole Puss [not confirmed]
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol.1 by Bishop & Hey p. 133; Snetterton Falcons, pg 218 (photograph)