Joseph M Gosselin
Military
95th BG
Shot down on 6 March 1944
Standing Left to Right: Joseph A.G. Levasseur (BTG). William A. Parry (FE), Henry R. Doudican (TG), Ralph C. Brinson (WG), Harold R. Goodwin (R/O)
Kneeling Left to Right: Richard H. Read (P), Clinton K. Kemper (CP), Samuel Blum (N), Joseph M. Gosselin (B)
Not in photo: Earl V. Moye (WG) 466th Bomb Group collection
Marc Ferrero
Object Number - UPL 43022 - Richard H. Read Crew 95th BG Shot down on 6 March 1944 Standing Left to Right: Joseph A.G. Levasseur (BTG). William A. Parry (FE), Henry R....
Shot down by fighters near Quakenbruck on a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-39793. Prisoner of War (POW). This was the second daylight mission to Berlin. In Stalag Luft III
POW Medal, Air Medal w 2/Oak Leaf Cluster; Purple heart; ETO; Victory Medal; ACO Medal
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-804505
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 6 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Fall River, MA | 13 August 1920 | |
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Enlisted |
Boston, MA | 5 January 1942 | |
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Other POW |
Zagan, Poland | 15 March 1944 | Stalag Luft III |
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Died |
Fall River, MA | 29 November 2015 | |
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Buried |
Somerset, MA | 1 December 2015 | Saint Patrick's Cemetery Somerset, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA |
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Other Shot Down/Captured |
Goldenstedter Heide, Germany | 6 March 1944 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2985 / MACR 2985/ self, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database