ISOB Joseph Flory
Details:
In the Catholic section of the town cemetery
Joseph Flory had finished 3 years of High School in California and was working as an elevator operator in a public building in Oakland, CA in 1940. According to NARA WWII Enlistment records, he re-enlisted in the Air Corps as a Sergeant in July 1943 and was sent overseas. Assigned to the 407th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group he was serving as Left Waist Gunner on B-17 #42-30726 ** when it was shot down ( Joachim Gutmann of JG26 near Wurburg, Germany) on the 14 October 1943 "Black Thursday" mission to Schweinfurt. Killed in Action (KIA).
Source: American Air Museum in Britain
** The B-17 aircraft is sometimes referred to as "The Queen of the Skies"
Special thanks to the group U.S Memory Grand Est France for maintaining this ISOB.
Monument Text:
The plaque is written in English and French. The English reads:
American and French Flags
Symbols of the 92nd BG and 40th BS
HERE REST IN PEACE
The French Aviator Sergeant (Volunteer)
Left Waist Gunner on B-17F #42-30726 "The Queen of the Skies"
US Army 8th Air Force, 92nd Bomber Group/407th Bomber Squadron
JOSEPH FLORY
Born on 24 February 1913 in Mulhouse Dornach, Alsace, France
Killed in Action 14 October 1943 at Kenbach near Wurzburg, Germany back from a mission to Schweinfurt.
LEST WE FORGET
By Courtesy of U.S Memory Grand Est France -2022
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
407th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group
92nd Bomber Group
United States Air Force
US Army Air Corps
Wars:
WWII
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