Joe Guastella
MilitaryWas Pilot of B-24 #42-51098, which collided on 16 August 1944 above Zerbst, Germany, with B-24 #42-52447 of the same Squadron. Crashed near Mosigkau, 7km SW of Dessau, Germany, about 200m from the crash location of 447. Wounded, he was captured and brought to hospital where he died 3 days later. Died of Wounds (DOW) as a prisoner of War (POW).
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13108281
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 10601043
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33533442
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed In Action (KIA) |
16 August 1944 | in the crash of B-24 #42-51098 near Mosigkau, 7km SW of Dessau, Germany | |
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Other captured |
16 August 1944 | wounded, captured near Mosigkau | |
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Died |
19 August 1944 | in a camp hospital in Altengrabow, Germany | |
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Buried |
22 August 1944 | in a military cemetery in Altengrabow, Germany |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / History of the 445th Bomb Group by Rudolph Birsic