Joseph R Morrison
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Standing L-R: S/Sgt Fred R Honey, T/Sgt Gerard J Bradley, Sgt Enrique Tafolla Perez, S/Sgt Joseph Morrison, Sgt Clemmet D Hester, S/Sgt Edward J Cook.
Kneeling L-R: Lt Richard M Carlson, Lt Ronald J Nichols, 1Lt Stanley Sweitzer, 2Lt Frederic T Neel Jr.
Object Number - UPL 35302 - "Lt. R.M. Nichols and crew of the 324th Bomb Sq., 91st Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, beside the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Just Plain Lonesome'....
Shot down in B-17G 42-31634 'Texas Chubby' while serving as Waist Gunner. Aircraft was attacked by German fighters, blew up in mid-air and cradhed near Eichenberg, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA)
Connections
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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: Texas Chubby, The JVille Jolter
- 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) |
Eichenberg, Germany | 16 August 1944 | Killed when aircraft was attacked by German fighters, blew up in mid-air, and crashed near Eichenberg, Germany. |
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Born |
Ft Wayne, Indiana | ||
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Other Commemorated |
Hombourg, 4852 Plombières, Belgium | Thought to have been buried by the Germans in the cemetery of Hebenshausen, Germany, but his name is commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery. |
Revisions
Combined two entries into a single entry. This record now includes information from the following source: MACR 8184 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database.
Lee Cunningham 13-Dec-2014. Added decoration and Commemoration event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; added KIA event per MACR 8184; made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; crafted biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8184
