Joseph F Tighe
MilitaryHis first combat mission was 11 December 1944 to Gessen railway yards. They saw no enemy fighters, did see bursts of flak but only from a distance; in other words a 'milk run'. 'Only wish they could all be like this' he wrote in his diary!
Joseph died in December 1999
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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: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-3942
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17113789
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37470774
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Airplane Mechanic-Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6291443
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Airplane Armorer-Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-1318
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Brome
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490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia