Mandula Joseph M.

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Joseph M. Mandula is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

RAF Greenham Crash Memorial

Name:

Joseph M. Mandula

Rank:

Sergeant

Serial Number:

35898472

Unit:

368th Bomber Squadron, 306th Bomb Group, Heavy

Date of Death:

1944-12-15

State:

Indiana

Cemetery:

Cambridge American Cemetery, United Kingdom

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Air Medal, Purple Heart

Comments:

Joseph M. Mandula entered the military service in Indiana. He served in the 368th Bomber Squadron, 306th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Sergeant and Ball Turret Gunner of the B-17 #43-37633 during World War II. He was Killed in Action on December 15, 1944 when his plane, on return from Kassel, Germany, was involved in a mid-air collision with #43-38019 due to bad weather and extremely poor visibility over Greenham Common, UK. It is apparent that neither pilot saw the the other aircraft. SGT Mandula is now buried in the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom.