Joseph L Wells

Military

Crashed in Spain on 6/25/44 in B-17 'Powerful Katrina' #42-107068 INT/RTD.



Crashed near Mannheim on 9/8/44 in B-17 'Blue Blazing Blizzard' # 42-31720, Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Powerful katrinka
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Blue Blazing Blizzard
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pontiac, Illinois, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 8 September 1944 Interned in POW Camp: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Other

INT/RTD

Spain 25 June 1944

Revisions

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Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.
Added a INT/RTD event per info in the "Summary biography".

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Added an association to the A/C #42-107068 listed in the "Summary biography".

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Added a "O-" to the S/N to aid clarity & consistency.
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Added POW Camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Dulag Luft 12 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6737/MACR8844; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 320 / MACR 8844 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database