Joy Monroe Deen

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-28389.jpeg UPL 28389 1st Lt Joy M Deen 450BS, 322BG, 9AF.

Object Number - UPL 28389 - 1st Lt Joy M Deen 450BS, 322BG, 9AF.

Assigned 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. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 7047.



Awards: AM (6OLC), PH.

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Units served with

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32874879
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35352266
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer / Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12045896 / O-792252
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13080224 / O-761260
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39313446
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio operator

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: We Cant Miss Victory
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bunnell, FL 22 February 1918 Son of James Emmett and Ethel Winfred [Sisco] Deen.

Enlisted

Jacksonville, FL, USA 5 November 1941 Jacksonville, Florida

Died

Killed in Action (KIA) (?)

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. KIA. MACR 7047.

Buried

Nantes, France 20 July 1944 Interred Nantes cemetery France
Flagler County, FL, USA

Based

Andrews Field 19 July 1944 Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF.

Buried

Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial Re-Interred Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial Basse-Normandie, France Plot K Row 18 Grave 4

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added his middle name per Find-a-grave ID 56349769.
Updated the Buried event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 56349769.
SOURCE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56349769/joy-monroe-deen

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

9th Air Force Roll of Honor (IWM in liaison with Ninth Air Force veterans and group associations, American Battle Monuments Commission, and Buddies of the Ninth Association) / B-26 memorials guide

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