Joseph Edwin Consolmago
MilitaryJoseph Consolmagno had completed 8 missions as a Navigator when he was shot down 5 April 1943 in B-17 #42-5431 "Lil Abner". Crew bailed out and saw their plane explode. Landing in and around a factory, they were quickly gathered by Germans. Was a Prisoner of War (POW) from 5 April 1943 to 29 April 1945.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19062195 at enlistment, then O-726928
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33144160
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19003418
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12033596
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA | 7 April 1918 | |
Enlisted |
8 October 1941 | Boston, Massachusetts | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
5 April 1943 | Interned at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan/Zagan, Poland. Force-marched from there to Stalag 7A Moosburg, Germany. Liberated there by US troops on 29 April 1945. Returned to Military Control 20 July 1945. | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
5 April 1943 | Interned at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan/Zagan, Poland. Force-marched from there to Stalag 7A Moosburg, Germany. Liberated there by US troops on 29 April 1945. Returned to Military Control 20 July 1945. | |
Died |
11 June 2018 | ||
Medford, Massachusetts | |||
Buried |
Joe Consolmagno rests at the Sarasota National Cemetery, Sarasota, Florida |
Revisions
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Card
2009 e-mail exchange with Joe Consolmagno
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor , Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 100, First Over Germany by Russell Strong pp 81., NARA