Joseph Frank Fertitta
MilitaryJoseph Fertitta was Tail Gunner on B-17F #42-3029 "Wallaroo", shot down by Flak on mission to V-weapons site at Le Meillard, France on 14 January 1944. Had completed 3 missions. Prisoner of War (POW). Sent to the Luftwaffe Interrogation Center at Dulag Luft, Oberursel (Frankfurt). NARA WWII POW record : "Interned at Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia, then moved to Wobbelin bei Ludwigslust and to Usedom Bei Savenmunde."
Air Crew Wings, Caterpillar Club Member, POW Medal, EAME Medal, WW II Victory medal.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34393652
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18014955 at enlistment, then O-421102
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot; Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11021371
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Photographer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13107303
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18013320 at enlistment, then O-676182
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, United States | 24 July 1922 | |
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Enlisted |
30 October 1942 | Houston, Texas | |
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Other Prisoner Of War (POW) |
14 January 1944 | Interned Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow/Tychow, Poland. NARA WWII POW database : " Returned to military control (RMC) 11 May 1945." | |
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Died |
23 July 2008 | Beaumont, Texas | |
| Beaumont, Texas | |||
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Buried |
Joseph Fertitta rests at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Beaumont, Texas |
Revisions
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Card
NARA WWII POW records
Veterans Affairs BIRLS death File
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1965, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, Roster