Joseph W Wavra

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Object Number - UPL 6848 - Second Lieutenant Joseph Wavra of the 36th Fighter Group in the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt.

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Units served with

36th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

53rd Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron

Aircraft

41-6194

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Nicknames: Death Takes a Holiday
Unit: 36th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron 53rd Fighter Squadron

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Other Killed in Action (KIA)		20 July 1944
Enlisted	New York, NY, USA
Buried			Plot A Row 3 Grave 40

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

20 July 1944

Enlisted

New York, NY, USA

Buried

Plot A Row 3 Grave 40

Revisions

Date24 Nov 2014 14:53:38

ContributorEmily

ChangesCreated entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, memoriam, events, unit associations and media associations

Sources

Milo Moucha, via American Air Museum Memory Book Correspondence

Page at ABMC

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