Joseph W Kane

Military
media-38303.jpeg UPL 38303 Joseph Kane

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Object Number - UPL 38303 - Joseph Kane

Flew 25 Combat Missions out of England. One of two to return from Schweinfurt 14 October 1943. At times flew Group, Squadron and Wing Lead. Was in the Air Force for 10 yrs and 30 yrs as an airline pilot. Discharged from Travis AFB, 1950.



Silver Star/ DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.

305th Bomb Group

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

People

Ronald S Barstow

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel

Anthony L Buckley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Edgar C Burford

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Harris Leroy Cornell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O410629
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Harold E Coyne

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

41-24564

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Patches (was originally named Cunningham's Coffin after the pilot, but no nose art carried)
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (XK-D, serial number 42-29557) of the 365th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group takes off. Handwritten caption on reverse: '30/6/43.'

42-29557

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Yankee Gal
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron 366th Bomb Squadron 305th Bomb Group

42-29688

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Kayo
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

42-29690

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Old Faithful
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron

42-29870

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Big Moose
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron 545th Bomb Squadron 379th Bomb Group

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Born

Brooklyn, New York 1 June 1920

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self

Joseph W Kane: Gallery (6 items)

Object number: UPL 38300 - This photo was taken after the 29/7/43 mission to...

Object number: UPL 38305 - Staff/Sgt Charles B Lozenski And Joseph W Kane...

Object number: UPL 38745 - Joseph W Kane and Harry Cornell of the 305th Bomb...