Joseph Ward
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 652BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed fatally on take off for weather recon to Azores 6-Sep-44 Killed in Action(KIA).
Awards: AM (OLC)
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 652nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15110085 / O-754300
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 652nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Newark, NJ, USA | 23 July 1942 | |
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Died |
Watton, Thetford IP25, UK | 6 September 1944 | Crashed fatally on take off for weather recon to Azores 6-Sep-44 Killed in Action(KIA). |
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Buried |
7 September 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial | |
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Born |
Essex County, NJ, USA | ||
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Other Pilot training |
Air Base Rd, Greenwood Springs, MS 38848, USA | Flight training Class-43J Greenwood AAF, Greenwood, MS | |
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Based |
Watton | 6 June 1944 | Assigned to 652BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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She Called Him Raymond: A True Story of Love, Loss, Faith and Healing By Ray O'Conor
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56295324/joseph-ward
ABMC, Roll of Honor; Aerial Intelligence of the 8th Air Force, pg 38 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia