Joseph Francis Thornsberry

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media-55196.jpeg UPL 55196 SSGT Joseph Francis Thornsberry
Tail Gunner
340th BG - 487th BS - 12th AF

Object Number - UPL 55196 - SSGT Joseph Francis Thornsberry Tail Gunner 340th BG - 487th BS - 12th AF

The missions listed in his bio are missions that he appears on the load a/c load list. The missions listed do not represent all the missions he flew.

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Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Rayville, Louisiana	21 February 1921
Enlisted	Jackson, Mississippi	18 September 1941
Other Combat Mission	Trento, Italy	5 November 1944	43-4056
Other Combat Mission	Cittadella, Italy	10 November 1944	43-27540
Other Combat Mission	Faenza, Italy	16 November 1944	43-27570
Other Combat Mission	Zidani, Yugoslavia (now Slovenia)	17 November 1944	43-27570
Other Combat Mission	Magenta, Italy	28 November 1944	43-4011
Other Combat Mission	Rovereto, Italy	10 December 1944	43-4031
Other Combat Mission	Lavis, Italy	10 December 1944	43-27540
Other Combat Mission	Pordenone, Italy	26 December 1944	43-27540
Other Combat Mission	Trento, Italy	20 January 1945	43-27510
Other Combat Mission	PIacenza, Italy	8 February 1945	43-27540
	Rayville, Louisiana	26 June 1945
Died	Mineola, Texas	11 May 1948	Thornsberry was killed with another airman when a car accident threw them both from the vehicle into a creek where they drowned.
Buried	Baskin, Louisiana	16 May 1948	Sunflower Cemetery Baskin, Franklin Parish, Louisiana, USA

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