Joseph Monroe Safier

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media-13851.jpeg UPL 13851 Rhine Crew. Joseph M Safier is circled.

Find A Grave Memorial# 2807045

Object Number - UPL 13851 - Rhine Crew. Joseph M Safier is circled.

Assigned to 44th BG. Transferred to 565BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Fatal mid air collision during formation assembly in B-24 44-10513 ’Old Glory’ crashed Carleton Rode 21-Nov-44, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 15294



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.

389th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

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

People

James Edward Rhine

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13090798 / O-820824
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

44-10513

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Old Glory
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron

Missions

720

  • Date: 21 November 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bronx County, NY 18 October 1918 Son of Albert E and Reginia Safier.

Enlisted

Fort Jay, Governors Island, NY 27 April 1942 Fort Jay, Governors Island, New York

Died

Carleton Rode, Norfolk UK 21 November 1944 Fatal mid air collision during formation assembly in B-24 44-10513 ’Old Glory’ crashed Carleton Rode 21-Nov-44 Killed in Action (KIA).

Buried

22 November 1944 Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial

Buried

Long Island National Cemetery Farmingdale Suffolk County NY 20 July 1948 Re-Interred Long Island National Cemetery Farmingdale Suffolk County New York, USA Plot: H, 8233 WWII Dead returned from Cambridge

Based

Hethel 21 November 1944 Transferred to 565BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster supplied by Dave Arnett

Joseph Monroe Safier: Gallery (9 items)

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Object number: UPL 13045 - Memorial to air crash victims, All Saints Church...

Object number: UPL 13046 - Memorial to victims of two mid-air collisions at...

Object number: UPL 13047 - Memorial to victims of two separate mid-air...

Object number: UPL 13048 - One panel on memorial to victims of 389th Bomb...

Object number: UPL 13049 - One panel of memorial to victims of 389th Bomb...

Object number: UPL 13050 - Memorial stained glass window in All Saints Church...

Object number: UPL 13836 - All Saints Church, Carleton Rode, Norfolk

Object number: UPL 13851 - Rhine Crew. Joseph M Safier is circled.