Joseph M Lech

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed at Heinerdingen on 9/10/44 in B-17 Rocky Lois #44-6310



POW

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Rocky Lois
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Sacramento, California, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 10 September 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8606,

href="http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=3160">http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=3160> / MACR 8608 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database