Joseph Matthew Farkas
MilitaryAssigned to 848BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF. Attached to 850BS. Member of Schultz crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Plauen 21-Mar-45; mid air collision with Me262, explosion sheared of tail. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 13556
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 848th Bomb Squadron 850th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13144366 / O-829084
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 21 March 1945
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Marsworth
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Roebling, NJ | 12 February 1918 | Son of Kasper and Theresa [Kercsmar] Farkas. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Dix, NJ | 20 May 1942 | Fort Dix, New Jersey |
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Died |
Plauen, Germany | 21 March 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Plauen 21-Mar-45; mid air collision with Me262, explosion sheared of tail. KIA MACR 13556 |
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Based |
Cheddington | 21 March 1945 | Assigned to 848BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium Plot B Row 23 Grave 8 | ||
| Mercer County, NJ |
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Sources
490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia