YOUNG Joseph B - 324 BS 91 BGH

 

Joseph Birl YOUNG Jr

 

YOUNG_Joseph_B

Source : Marilyn Simmons

NUMERO DE SERVICE 34375906 
AGE22 yo 
DATE DE NAISSANCE

26 August 1921 Bristol, Bristol City, VIRGINIA 

ÉTAT D’ENRÔLEMENT VIRGINIA 
FAMILLE

Parents : Joseph Birl & Minnie O Heaton Young

Siblings : Franklin Stoffle, Dorothy & Mary Sue

 
GRADE
Staff Sergeant Staff Sergeant
FONCTION Gunner
PROFESSION AVANT INCORPORATION VA
DATE D'INCORPORATION 
 SQUADRON  324th Bomber Squadron 
 GROUP  91st Bomber Group, Heavy 
ARMY 8th US Air Force 
DATE DU DECES31 December 1943 

YOUNG_Joseph_B

Source : Andy

STATUT KIA
LIEU DU DECESLesperon, Departement des Landes   
PLAN DE VOL / FLIGHT PLAN

B-17 Fortress - type F-75-BO - s/n 42-29921 DF*Z "Oklahoma Okie"

b17

Macr : 1979
Mission : #171 (8th) - Bordeaux (33)
Take off around 08:00 Station 121 Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire UK - Stele at Mezos (40) next to the church
Shot Down by Fighter - Explodes in flight at 11:58 after parachute evacuation at 8000 feet from burning aircraft - position given by MACR 44°28'N 01°15'W

CIMETIERE PROVISOIRECIMETIERE PROVISOIRE de Luynes Cemetery, Aix-En-Provance N°3551

Luynes Cemetery

CIMETIERERHONE AMERICAN CEMETERY de Draguignan

Histoire des cimetiéres temporaires 

TOMBE
BlocRangTombe
C 723
DECORATION

Air Medal

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal 

 Air-Force Gunner Wings

 

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Photo FDLM

victory medal

 Aerial Gunner Badge

 
  

 

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HISTOIRE

 

 

YOUNG_Joseph_B

Nose art of his aircraft

Source : Andy

 		 

YOUNG_Joseph_B

Source : Marilyn Simmons

YOUNG_Joseph_B

Source : Fold3

 

Crew of B-17 Fortress - type F-75-BO - s/n 42-29921 DF*Z

"Oklahoma Okie"

2Lt Bayard Turner Gross DUDLEY Pilot Dead Glenwood Cem. Houston, Texas 0-664383 - 21 ans - Né le 17/01/1922 - Texas - Son of Ray Lofton et Mary Fredrica (Gross) Dudley -
2Lt Glen E NEFF CoPilot Dead Cim Am Rhône Draguignan (83)  680271 - AM+1/PH - Kansas 
2Lt Edgar L MOORE Navigator Prisoner - Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia   0-683288 - Kansas - Seriously injured by flash 20mm
2Lt Jack E HILL Bomber Dead Cim Am Rhône Draguignan (83)  0-674672 AM+1 - Oklahoma- Originally innate to Lesperon
Sgt Roy L ADKINS Gunner Dead Cim Am Rhône Draguignan (83) 38284353 - AM/PH - 22 yo - born the 21/09/1921 - Texas
S/Sgt Alex P FONTECCHIO Radio Prisoner - Stalag 9C Bad Sulza   20243870 - Orange, New Jersey
S/Sgt William HENNIG Gunner/Mechanic Prisoner - Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow 32433397 - New York
S/Sgt Joseph Birl Jr YOUNG Gunner Dead Cim Am Rhône Draguignan (83) 34375906 - AM/PH - Maryland 
T/Sgt Orlin Otho GREGORY Mechanic Prisoner - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf   35413353 - born the  05/01/1921 - Ohio
S/Sgt James Clifford ROSS Gunner/radio fugitive   39185482 - AM - Né le 02/04/1920 - Tacoma, Washington - Seriously burned - Escape by Pyrenees/Spain/Gibraltar 
b17

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