Joseph A Creed Jr
MilitaryShot down 9 November 1942 in B-17 #41-24486 "Man O' War" while serving as Navigator. Plane crashed in to Channel. Killed in Action (KIA).
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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: Man O War
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 9 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 9 November 1942 | Killed when aircraft was shot down crashing into the harbour at St. Nazaire, France. His remains were never recovered. |
Other Commemorated |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK | Commemorated on the wall of the missing, Cambridge American Cemetery. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 23-Nov-2014. Made aircraft association per MACR 16172.
Lee Cunningham 23-Nov-2014. Added KIA event per MACR 16172 and commemoration event per American Battle Monuments Commission ( ABMC) record.
Lee Cunningham 30-Ocr-2014. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 16172; American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC)
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 45 MACR 16172