Joseph L Redpath

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Joseph Redpath was Spot Jammer on B-17 "Bob Tail Battler" #42-102677. Crashed at Garlitz, Germany on 14 January 1945. Killed In Action (KIA).

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Units served with

390th Bomb Group

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

568th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Russell Paul Hardy

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 35790365
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Gerald Winston Johnston

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 14095884 at enlistment, then O-817574
Highest Rank: Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Dayton Charles Kelly

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 18124447
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Donald Leslie Lash

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 19151210 at enlistment, then O-723383
Highest Rank: Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

James Sterling Lawman

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 35752433
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

42-102677

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Mississippi Mission, Bob Tail Battler
Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron

Missions

792

Date: 14 January 1945

Places

A bomber crew of the 390th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-31027) nicknamed "Honey Chile" and their dog and monkey mascots "Scrappy" and "Joe". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Fox.’ [stamp], ‘passed for publication 25 Oct 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘289774.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: ‘AERIAL MASCOTS OF FORTRESS CREWS. PH/MoN. As frisky and friendly a pair of aerial mascots as you'll find in Britain are "Scrappy" and "Joe", pup and monkey team belonging to the

Framlingham

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Parham

Events

Event	Date	Description
Enlisted	24 September 1942	Ft Snelling, Minnesota
Other Killed In Action (KIA)	14 January 1945	near Garlitz, 15km North of Brandenburg, Germany, in the crash of B-17 #42-102677
Born		Edina Village, Hennepin County, Wisconsin, United States, the son of Percy A. and Lena Redpath
		Hopkins, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Buried		after the war his remains were brought to Belgium. Joseph Redpath rests at the Ardennes American Cemetery, Plot C, Row 10, Grave 28

Revisions

Date28 Mar 2020 13:29:53

ContributorED-BB

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Sources

MACR 11725
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA - German captured documents : KU-3569 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147911915
ABMC website

Date27 Mar 2020 10:42:05

ContributorED-BB

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MACR 11725

Date18 Mar 2020 20:07:38

Contributorjmoore43

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:17:26

ContributorAAM

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11725 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database