Joseph E McDonnell
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 703BS, 445BG, 8AF USAAF. Fire developed in the bomb bay in B-24 41-28666 on a mission to Friedrichshafen on 18-Mar-44 and the a/c exploded in mid-air and crashed Nth of St Lucien, FR. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3324
Awards: PH.
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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: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-677555
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Dixie DuDrop
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 458th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 18 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Tivetshall
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
San Antonio, TX | 20 November 1921 | Son of Joseph A and Margaret I McDonnell. |
Other Killed in action |
Saint-Lucien, France | 18 March 1944 | |
Texas | |||
Based |
Tibenham | 18 March 1944 | Assigned to 703BS, 445BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial | Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Lorraine, France Plot K Row 17 Grave 27 |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Sources
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 3334 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
ContributorAAM
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Sources
ABMC, MACR 3334, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia