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SSGT Joseph Pierce Jr.
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SSGT Joseph Pierce Jr.

Birth
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA
Death
9 Oct 1943 (aged 22)
At Sea
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Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England Add to Map
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Staff Sergeant Joseph Pierce, Ohio, Service Number: 35420758, flew as a waist gunner on B-17s with the 413rd Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group. While returning to England from a mission to Anklam, Germany, 9 Oct 1943, Pierce's aircraft, B-17 #42-30781, called 'Demo Darling', was attacked and crippled by an enemy fighter. The bomber crashed in the North Sea, off the coast of Denmark, killing all on board.

Air Medal, Purple Heart
Staff Sergeant Joseph Pierce, Ohio, Service Number: 35420758, flew as a waist gunner on B-17s with the 413rd Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group. While returning to England from a mission to Anklam, Germany, 9 Oct 1943, Pierce's aircraft, B-17 #42-30781, called 'Demo Darling', was attacked and crippled by an enemy fighter. The bomber crashed in the North Sea, off the coast of Denmark, killing all on board.

Air Medal, Purple Heart

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