Name:
Joseph F. Fitzgerald
Rank:
Flight Officer
Serial Number:
T-121961
Unit:
527th Bomber Squadron, 379th Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1943-12-30
State:
Illinois
Cemetery:
Camp Butler National Cemetery, Illinois
Plot:
C
Row:
Grave:
317
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
F/O Joseph F. Fitzgerald, co-pilot of the B-17 42-29963 “Judy”, took off from station 117 Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire, UK at 0730 on a bombing mission over Ludwigshafen and Solingen. The plane’s no.1 engine suffered a direct flak hit right after bombs away. Wounded, the bomber was harassed by enemy fighters until part of the crew managed to bail out at 1259. Fitzgerald never made it out of the plane.