96th Bomb Group
Group
The 96th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses to targets across occupied Europe from May 1943 to April 1945.
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Joseph B Zyra
Military
KIA at Hintermuhlin in B-17 #43-38968, Jan 7 1945 - collided with A/C of 95th.
Service
Units served with
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338th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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43-38968
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Hunter 23/10/44; Grenier 1/11/44; Assigned 338BS/96BG Snetterton 4/11/44; Missing in Action Cologne 7/1/45 with Theo Yenton, togg-Jim Bowen (2 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Morton Monasch, Navigator: Ellis Vure, Flight engineer/top turret...
Associated Place
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Snetterton Heath
Military site : airfield
Intended to be an RAF bomber base, construction of Snetterton Heath started in Autumn 1942 but continued until mid-1943, because it was extended after allocation as an Eighth Air Force bomber base. It had eventually three concrete runways, 50...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Glassport, Pennsylvania | |
| Killed in action | 7 January 1945 |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 05 April 2020 20:57:14 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:17:08 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11571; Snetterton Falcons, pg 201, 226 |
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