Joel George Gochenour
MilitaryAssigned to 825BS, 484BG, 15AF USAAF. Pat Truesdell crew. On mission to Linz, Austria in B-24 42-52653 'Sleepless Knights', 25-Apr-45; hit by flak, crash landed behind Russian lines. RTD
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 484th Bomb Group 825th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-807648
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Sleepless Knights
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron 484th Bomb Group 825th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cerignola #3
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Birmingham, AL | 2 March 1925 | Son of Ernest F and Alice W. [Cunningham] Gochenour. |
Enlisted |
18 June 1943 | ||
Other Commissioned |
28 October 1944 | Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant. | |
Other Discharged USAAF |
5 November 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Chico, CA | 26 August 2009 | |
Based |
Torretta | Assigned to 825BS, 484BG, 15AF USAAF. |