Joseph L Sweeney
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
UPL 60824
UPL 60824
2nd Lt Joseph L Sweeney
Assigned to 487FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. Killed in Action (KIA) crashed into North Sea on return from support mission to Wilhelmshaven in P-47 42-75405 3-Feb-44. Ran out of fuel about 15 miles east of Leiston. KIA
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Missouri | 8 February 1922 | Born Missouri |
Died |
North Sea | 3 February 1944 | |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
English Channel | 3 February 1944 | |
Buried |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, Cambridgeshire | 1 January 1946 | Tablets of the missing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2123 / MACR 2123, 8th AF Losses / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list