Joseph E Powers
MilitaryCapt William N Frost [Pilot], 2nd Lt Robert L Mays [CoPilot], 2nd Lt Joe R Phillips [Nav], 2nd Lt Leon W Brownlee [Bomb]
TSgt Kenneth G Hildebrand [Eng/tt gun], Sgt Joseph E Powers [Radio], Sgt Floyd J Shaw [Ball], Sgt William S Devine [L Waist],
Sgt Billie K Davis [R Waist], Sgt James R Toney, Jr [Tail].
Baled out of B-17 41-24582 'One O' Clock Jump' on 12-Dec-1942 while serving as Radio Operator. Prisoner of War (POW). Flew 3 Operations (see Biography events)
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 12 December 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Mission #1 SGT Joseph E. Powers, w/41-24562, 303BG/358BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 17 November 1942 | Flew as Radio Operator on B-17F 42-24562, "Sky Wolf", 303BG/358BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat peans at St. Nazaire, France. |
Other Mission #2 SGT Joseph E. Powers w/41-24582, 303BG/358BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 23 November 1942 | Served as Radio Operator on B-17F 41-24582, "One O'Clock Jump", 303BG/358BS on mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France (RTB OK). |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems an der Donau, Austria | 12 December 1942 - 21 July 1945 | Held at Stalag 17B, Braunau-Gneikendorf, near Krems, Austria. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 21-Jul-45 |
Other Mission #3 SGT Joseph E. Powers w/41-24582, 303BG/358BS POW |
Rouen, France | 12 December 1942 | Served as Radio Operator on B-17F 41-24582, "One O'Clock Jump", 303BG/358BS on mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France (POW) |
Revisions
Added an association to Stalag 17B per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Lee Cunningham 6-Aug-2015. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website Mission Report of 17-Nov-42, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/001.pdf. Corrected Mission that was #1 to #2 and Mission tata was #2 to #3 ref http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/004.pdf. & http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/006.pdf.
Lee Cunningham 6-Aug-2015. Added Mission #2 event per 303Bg website Mission Report of 12-Dec-42, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/006.pdf
Lee Cunningham 6-Aug-2015. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website Mission Reoprt of 23-Nov-42, Garu Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/004.pdf
Lee Cunningham 9-Nov-2014. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 16031; National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, MACR 16031, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 53