Joseph Lawrence Korstjens
MilitaryL-R: T/Sgt Elijah W "Lou" Lewis, 2Lt Byron B. "BB" Clark, Lt Matthew J Scianameo, T/Sgt Berj G Bejian, Capt Joseph L Korstjens.
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 33 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), PH, WWII Victory, EAME, National Defense, Korean and UN Medal, Korean Presidential Unit Citation and Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Post war: Crew member B-29, shot down by MIG's bombing railroad bridge at Kwaksan. Missing in Action (MIA).
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12005752
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13087379 / O-813283
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35493500
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator; Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Swamp Fire
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Groom, TX | 12 June 1920 | Son of George and Anna [Jacob] Korstjens. |
Enlisted |
Dallas, TX | 17 December 1941 | Dallas, Texas |
Died |
Kwaksan, Nth Korea | 1 June 1951 | Crew member of a B-29 Superfortress with 343BS, 98BW, while bombing a railroad bridge at Kwaksan, his aircraft was attacked by MiG's setting its wing on fire. Some crewmen were able to parachute into enemy lines. Missing in Action (MIA). Presumed dead 31-Jan-54. |
Based |
Kimbolton | Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Buried |
Honolulu Memorial Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI | Courts of the Missing Honolulu Memorial Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii | |
Buried |
National Korean War Veterans Memorial Washington, DC | Memorialised National Korean War Veterans Memorial Washington, DC |
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379th Bombardment Group (H) Anthology, 1942-1945; p. 158. / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia