Joseph J Cater
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 16391
Shot down 16-Aug-44 in B-17G 42-39996 'Boston Bombshell' while serving as Co-Pilot. Aircraft was attacked by fighters and crashed near Marzhausen/Hebenshausen, Germany. Killed in Action(KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Boston Bombshell
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 16 August 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Hebenshausen, 37249 Neu-Eichenberg, Germany | 16 August 1944 | Killed when aircraft was attacked by German fighters and crashed near Hebenshausen, Germany. |
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Buried |
Fort Scott, Kansas 66701, Verenigde Staten | 12 September 1950 | |
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Born |
Yonkers, New York | ||
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Buried |
Fort Scott, KS 66701, USA | Originally buried by the Germans in the cemetery of Hebenshausen, Germany. After the war his remains were recovered and re-interred for a time in the Ardennes American Cemetery. After the war his remains and those of NG/Toggelier Sgt Algee and E/TTG Sgt Beach were repatriated for Group Burial at the Fort Scott National Cemetery, Fort Scott, Kansas. |
Revisions
Combined two entries into a single entry. This record now includes information from the following source: MACR 8179 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database.
Correction of some typographical errors.
Lee Cunningham 17-Dec-2014. Added SN, KIA event and BS association per MACR 8179. Added Burial event and crafted biography per "Losses of the 9th & 9th Air Forces" Satn Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; BS association of this crew member based on MACR 8179 while BS association of aircraft is based on Roger A. Freeman, David Osborne and Bihop & Hey.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8179
