Joseph Canellas Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 322BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Ball turret gunner on B-17 44-6596 'Sweet Dish'. Plane badly damaged on mission on 5 December 1944. Three crew members bailed out and were captured. Rest of crew stayed on board and pilot was able to nurse aircraft back to base. Returned to Duty (RTD).
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sweet Dish
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Gary, WV, USA | 18 July 1925 | Son of Joseph Sr and Arizona [Sturgill] Canellas. |
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Enlisted |
Erie, PA, USA | 10 March 1943 | Erie, Pennsylvania |
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Other Returned to Duty (RTD) |
Germany | 5 December 1944 | B-17 44-6596 'Sweet Dish'. badly damaged on mission on 5-Dec-1944. Three crew members bailed out and were captured. Rest of crew stayed on board and pilot was able to nurse aircraft back to base. Returned to Duty (RTD). |
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Died |
Beartown, WV 24873, USA | 7 December 1971 | |
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Buried |
Tom Sparks Cemetery Bradshaw McDowell County WV | 11 December 1971 | Tom Sparks Cemetery Bradshaw McDowell County West Virginia, USA |
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Based |
Bassingbourn | Assigned to 322BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Brought over source from duplicate record:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Mighty Eighth Combat Chronology Supplement, 1942-45; p. 180.
MACR 11331 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database