Joseph H F Ferry

Military

Joseph Ferry served as a navigator with the 91st Bomb Group from Bassingbourn. He was shot down on 21 May 1943 in B-17 (serial number 42-3053), nicknamed 'Desperate Journey', and was taken as a Prisoner of War (POW). He was held in Stalag Luft III.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-3053

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Desperate Journey
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Brooklyn, New York, USA 9 December 1917

Enlisted

New York, NY, USA 18 March 1942

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 21 May 1943 Exact date of liberation not yet known

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4438

Additional information provided by Joseph H F Ferry's son, Michael.

See also:
NARA enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=29&cat=all&t…
ww2pow info: http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=64124

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 4438 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database