Joseph S Knight

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Died as Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by flak and crashed near Bruyeres in B-24 #4250338

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Units served with

The insignia of the 392nd Bomb Group.

392nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-109789

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Mairzy Doats
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 445th Bomb Group 579th Bomb Squadron 703rd Bomb Squadron

42-50338

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Returned to base

12 April 1944

Other

Taken as Prisoner of War (POW)

France 23 June 1944

Born

Rochester, New York, USA

Died

Died as Prisoner of War

Buried

South Royalton, Royalton, VT, USA

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

MACR 4379 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

NARA POW record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=466&mtch=1&cat=WR26&t…

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152672529/joseph-stoughton-knight#v…

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6985 / MACR 6985, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces Vol 3 pg 643 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database