Joseph H Reus
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Shot down 30 Dec 1943 in B-24 #41-29123 'Big Joe. 'Shot down by flak and fighters and crashed near Fulda, GR on a mission to Gotha, GR on 24 Feb 1944 in B-24J #42-100335. Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I Barth, 1 1/4 years
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
English Channel | 30 December 1943 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 24 February 1944 |
Revisions
Oral History: Omaha World-Herald, Octo 17, 2015. Flew 2 missions; shot down twice (first time crash landed in the English Channel)
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2561 / MACR 5210 / MACR 5210, MACR 2561, self, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database