Joseph L Sweeney

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Joseph Sweeney UPL 60824 UPL 60824 2nd Lt Joseph L Sweeney

Object Number - UPL 60824 - 2nd Lt Joseph L Sweeney

Assigned to 487FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. Killed in Action (KIA) crashed into North Sea on return from support mission to Wilhelmshaven in P-47 42-75405 3-Feb-44. Ran out of fuel about 15 miles east of Leiston. KIA

 

Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Bodney airfield, looking south east, the barrack sites are in the top centre of the image, 8 June 1945. Photograph taken by No. 542 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/369. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Missouri 8 February 1922 Born Missouri

Died

North Sea 3 February 1944

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

English Channel 3 February 1944

Buried

Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, Cambridgeshire 1 January 1946 Tablets of the missing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2123 / MACR 2123, 8th AF Losses / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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