Joseph Charles Minery
MilitaryAssigned to 652BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. On 9-May-44 the mission to the Azores was routine until the last leg. Just out from Land's End when all hell broke loose. There was a terrible metal ripping sound and some explosions. Bullets and 20mm shells ripped into the rear fuselage wounding 2 crew. Crew fought off 4 x Ju88's, downing one and forcing a second to trail off homewards with smoke from one engine. RAF spitfire escort, responding to the ships mayday, pointed out the damaged undercarriage, whilst the two failed engines also became apparent. Clary Stephenson bellied landed Lands End. 3 x WIA, 5 x RTD. Returned to Duty (RTD). Crashed fatally on take off for weather recon to Azores 6-Jun-44 Returned to Duty (RTD).
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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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 |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
New Haven, CT, USA | 12 March 1920 | Son of Joseph Minery. |
Enlisted |
Hartford, CT, USA | 17 December 1942 | |
Other Survived forced landing |
Land's End, Sennen, Penzance TR19 7AA, UK | 9 May 1944 | Survived forced landing due to combat damage. 9-May-44. |
Other Survived fatal crash landing |
Watton, Thetford IP25, UK | 6 June 1944 | Survived fatal crash landing due to engine failure. 6-Jun-44. |
Died |
New Haven County, CT, USA | 4 September 1984 | |
Based |
Watton | Assigned to 652BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Buried |
980 Old Colony Rd, Meriden, CT 06451, USA | Saint Boniface Cemetery Meriden, New Haven County, CT |
Revisions
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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