Name | Bedsole, Joseph Linyer, Jr ‡ |
Rank | Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant |
Serial Number | O-797956 ‡ |
Unit Assignments |
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Duty | Pilot |
MOS | 1091 - Pilot, B-17 |
Last Duty Date | 13 April 1944 |
Results |
Killed In Action Final Resting Place or Memorial: Lorraine American Cemetery, Saint-Avold, France: Plot E Row 8 Grave 12 |
Decorations | Awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received on 14 October 1943 per General Orders #14, Headquarters 1st Bomb Division dated 31 October 1943. |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 3867⇓ (53.009 MB) |
Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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2nd Lt. Bedsole, Joseph Linyer, Jr | Pilot | KIA |
2nd Lt. Cosentino, George (NMI)⇗ | Co-pilot | POW |
2nd Lt. Groh, Harold Chester⇗ | Navigator | CT |
2nd Lt. Wismann, William Charles⇗ | Bombardier | CT |
T/SGT. Madden, Joseph Francis⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | CT |
PVT. Maruszak, Karol Leonard⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | CT |
S/SGT. Hotis, Leo Constantine⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | CT |
S/SGT. McMichael, Marion Louis⇗ | Tail Gunner | CT |
S/SGT. Woodall, Arthur James, Jr, "Woody"⇗ | Flexible Gunner | CT |
PVT. Mazewski, Michael Henry, Jr⇗ | Flexible Gunner | CT |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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24⇗ | 16 September 1943 |
Target: Blockade Runner Ship (in Loire River) Type: Transportation Location: Nantes, France |
Co-pilot | 42‑30043⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at RAF Chivenor, Devon. Sortie Report⇗ |
25⇗ | 23 September 1943 |
Target: Submarine Repair Ship Type: Submarine Facility Location: Nantes, France |
Pilot | 42‑29717⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at RAF Wing, Buckinghamshire. Sortie Report⇗ |
26⇗ | 27 September 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑29809⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Molesworth, AAF Station 107, for reasons unknown, and returned immediately to home base. Sortie Report⇗ |
28⇗ | 4 October 1943 |
Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑29809⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
29⇗ | 8 October 1943 |
Target: Workshops Type: Submarine Facility Location: Bremen, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑29809⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
30⇗ | 9 October 1943 |
Target: Aircraft Factories Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Anklam, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑29809⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
31⇗ | 10 October 1943 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Münster, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑29809⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Podington due to weather. Sortie Report⇗ |
32⇗ | 14 October 1943 |
Target: Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑29809⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Molesworth. Sortie Report⇗ |
33⇗ | 20 October 1943 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Düren, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑29768⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
--⇗ | 30 October 1943 |
Target: Marshaling Yard Type: Transportation Location: Geilenkirchen, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑37758⇗ | Sortie Report⇗ |
34⇗ | 3 November 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Wilhelmshafen, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑3259⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
35⇗ | 5 November 1943 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑3259⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back, #3 engine failure. Sortie Report⇗ |
36⇗ | 16 November 1943 |
Target: Knaben II Molybdenum Mine Type: Industry Location: Knaben, Norway |
Pilot | 42‑3259⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
37⇗ | 26 November 1943 |
Target: City Center Type: Non-Military Location: Bremen, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑3218⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Returned Early Turned back with a supercharger failure, apparently after entering into enemy airspace and thereby earning combat credit. Sortie Report⇗ |
39⇗ | 1 December 1943 |
Target: Non-Ferrous Metals Plant Type: Industry Location: Solingen, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑3259⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
40⇗ | 5 December 1943 |
Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France |
Pilot | 42‑3259⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
41⇗ | 11 December 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑3259⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
42⇗ | 13 December 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑3259⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group, low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
43⇗ | 16 December 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑5404⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
54⇗ | 21 January 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France |
Pilot | 42‑29809⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41A Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
56⇗ | 30 January 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑97477⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group high Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
60⇗ | 6 February 1944 |
Target: Nancy/Essey Aerodrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nancy, France |
Pilot | 42‑97477⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead, lead group. Sortie Report⇗ |
62⇗ | 11 February 1944 |
Target: Propeller Factory (Foundry) Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑31484⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
63⇗ | 20 February 1944 |
Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑97477⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41A Group, High Squadron Lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
65⇗ | 22 February 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt & Aschersleben, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑97477⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off 41A Group, Low Squadron Lead. 'Turned back because he could not catch our group and too close to Enemy Territory to keep trying.' Sortie Report⇗ |
66⇗ | 24 February 1944 |
Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑97477⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead, lead group. Sortie Report⇗ |
67⇗ | 25 February 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly & Ball Bearings Plants Type: Industry Location: Augsburg & Stuttgart, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑97477⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41C Group, High Squadron Lead, Low Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
68⇗ | 28 February 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France |
Pilot | 42‑97477⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group deputy. A British Army observer and war correspondent, Maj. Anthony Cotterell, flew with this crew. Sortie Report⇗ |
84⇗ | 28 March 1944 |
Target: Dijon-Longvic Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Dijon, France |
Co-pilot | 42‑38208⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
89⇗ | 13 April 1944 |
Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
Commander | 42‑31433⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return High group lead. Shot down by enemy aircraft at 1350 hrs; hits scored on #3 engine, which was immediately feathered, and gas tank; entire right wing broke into a mass of flames; crashed near Gumpen, Germany. MACR 3867 Sortie Report⇗ |