Joseph E McDonnell

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 703BS, 445BG, 8AF USAAF. Fire developed in the bomb bay in B-24 41-28666 on a mission to Friedrichshafen on 18-Mar-44 and the a/c exploded in mid-air and crashed Nth of St Lucien, FR. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3324



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-677555
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Dixie DuDrop
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 458th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

San Antonio, TX 20 November 1921 Son of Joseph A and Margaret I McDonnell.

Other

Killed in action

Saint-Lucien, France 18 March 1944
Texas

Based

Tibenham 18 March 1944 Assigned to 703BS, 445BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Lorraine, France Plot K Row 17 Grave 27

Revisions

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Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 3334 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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ContributorAAM
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Sources

ABMC, MACR 3334, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia