Joseph Edward Finneran
Military
Object Number - UPL 44018 - 1st Lt Joseph E. Finneran 345th BS, 98th BG, 9th AF.
Lt. Joe Fenneran was assigned to the 9th Air force. the the 98th Bomb Group, and the 345th Bomb Squadron, USAAF, as Bombardier on the B-24D, 42-40102, Old Baldy, Lost, shot down over Ploesti. Took a direct flak hit from 30 feet or less from a Romanian 80 mm cannon shell. Pilot 1st Lt. John J. Dore was killed instantly. 10 KIA. MACR 223.
Identified and recovered for reburial in Nov-2019
Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (4OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 98th Bomb Group 345th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11010920 / O-437913
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Old Baldy
- Unit: 98th Bomb Group 345th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Philadelphia, PA | 4 December 1921 | Son of Patrick Joseph and Mary Agnes [Murphy] Finneran. |
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Enlisted |
Boston, MA | 18 December 1941 | Boston, Massachusetts |
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Died |
Ploiești, Romania | 1 August 1943 | Bombardier on B-24D, 42-40102, Old Baldy, shot down near over Ploesti. AA hit direct hit to aircraft. Pilot 1st Lt. John J. Dore and all crew Killed. 10 KIA. MACR 223. |
| Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA, USA | Jamaica Plain, MA, USA. | ||
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Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Florence, Provincia di Firenze, Toscana, Italy. | ||
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Other Assigned |
Libya | 1 August 1943 | Assigned to 345th Bomb Squadron, the 98th Bomb Group, 9th Air Force, USAAF. |
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Buried |
Mount Benedict Cemetery, West Roxbury, Suffolk County, MA | Mount Benedict Cemetery West Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts | |
| Needham, MA |
