Joe B Embrey

Military
media-29187.jpeg UPL 29187 B-17 42-30434 Betty Boop - The Pistol Packin' Mama. Picture is the co pilot side of aircraft.

Rear L-R: T/Sgt Marshall C Peck, S/Sgt Delbert D Lambson, S/Sgt Carl J Phillips, S/Sgt Harold S Roberts, S/Sgt Joe B Embrey, T/Sgt Clarence Daniel.
Front L-R: 2Lt Carl D Larsen, 2Lt Frank J Belva Jr, 1Lt Robert B Bowman, 2Lt Patrick P Reams

Object Number - UPL 29187 - B-17 42-30434 Betty Boop - The Pistol Packin' Mama. Picture is the co pilot side of aircraft. Rear L-R: T/Sgt Marshall C Peck, S/Sgt Delbert D...

Shot down by fighters and flak en-route to target Regensburg, GR and crashed SE of Laon, FR on 25 Feb 1944 in B-17F #42-30434 'Betty Boop-The Pistol Packin' Mama'. Prisoner of War (POW).



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Units served with

The insignia of the 390th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Betty Boop - The Pistol Packin Mama
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

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Prisoner of War (POW)

25 February 1944

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2659 / MACR 2659, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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