96th Bomb Group
Group
The 96th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses to targets across occupied Europe from May 1943 to April 1945.
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Military
Shot down by fighters on a mission to Regensburg on 25 Feb 1944 in B-17F #42-30123 'Big Dick'. POW.
Group
The 96th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses to targets across occupied Europe from May 1943 to April 1945.
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Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 15/4/43; Gore 21/4/43; Smoky Hill 26/4/43; Walla Walla 30/4/43; Smoky Hill 10/5/43; Dow Fd 27/5/43; Assigned 338BS/96BGB [BX-W] Andrews Fd 29/5/43 BIG DICK; transferred 388BG Snetterton 12/6/43; Missing in Action Regensburg 25/2/44...
Event | Location | Date |
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Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | 13 September 1921 |
POW | Germany | 25 February 1944 |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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27 March 2020 19:45:50 | Gene Sullivan | Changes to awards |
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Sullivan, Joseph M. (0-736664), 2nd Lieut. Air Corps GO #143, US Air Forces in Europe, 6-4-46 |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
26 March 2020 20:46:03 | Gene Sullivan | Changes to biography and events |
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I am Joseph Sullivan's son, Gene. Joe did not evade as originally reported. He was captured and sent to Stalag Luft 1 where he spent the next 15 months until liberated |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:17:28 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2859 / MACR 2859, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |