Joyce Clyde Riddlehoover
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Nadine Rosenboom
Object Number - UPL 15737 - TS. Joyce Clyde Riddlehoover
Joyce Riddlehoover was involved in a mid-air collision with a B-17 from the 94th BG over the German coast, NW of Hamburg, after a mission to Berlin was recalled on 3 March 1944 in B-17G #42-31112 'Paper Doll'. He was Killed in Action (KIA).
The aircraft had made a turn to the right with the wing formation and collided with a B-17 #42-38075 of the 94th Bomb Group at 5330N-0900E over the German coast NW of Hamburg which made a turn to the left.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Paper Doll
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Fort McClellan, Anniston, AL 36201, USA | 19 August 1942 | |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Hamburg, Germany | 3 March 1944 | |
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Born |
Lincoln, AL, USA | ||
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Buried |
His name is on the Tablets of the Missing. |
Revisions
Brought in information from a duplicate record. Source:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2887 / MACR 2887, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
NARA enlistment record:
ABMC record: https://www.abmc.gov/node/532783#.Vw0RhU32aM8
