Joseph R Garber
Military
Photo was given to me by Mr. Joseph R. Garber to me on July 20, 2015.
Object Number - UPL 32499 - Photos of Joseph R. Garber after he was captured by German police in July 1944.
Shot down on 13th mission heading for Regensburg, Germany, on 21 July 1944. Were hit by Stuttgart flak before we could drop bombs. All the crew bailed out. Was in Stalag Luft IV and I. Liberated 1 May1945.
21 July 1944 A/C was hit by St
AM 2 OLC, Purple Heart, ETO Ribbon w/3 Battle Stars, Distinguished Unit, POW medal, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, EAME Medal w/3 campaign stars, WW II Victory Medal
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 6 May 1923 | |
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Other Prisoner of war |
21 July 1944 | ||
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Died |
Ormond Beach, FL, USA | 18 March 2018 |
Revisions
Biographical detail taken from "8TH AF NEWS" June 2018
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self; MACR 7413; Snetterton Falcons, pg 150, 178
