McCord Joseph J.

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Joseph J. McCord is honored on the following 2 monument(s) in our database:

B-24 'Double Trouble' (41-29244) Crash Site Marker

B-24 (41-29244) 'Double Trouble' Info Sign

Name:

Joseph J. McCord

Rank:

Sergeant

Serial Number:

15382924

Unit:

725th Bomb Squadron

Date of Death:

1944-02-25

State:

Indiana

Cemetery:

Florence American Cemetery, Florence, Italy

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Air Medal, Purple Heart

Comments:

Joseph J. McCord was born on June 8, 1924. He was the son of James E. McCord and Ethel Groomer McCord.

He was the right waist gunner of the B-25 Liberator 41-29244 �Double Trouble� that took off from Gioia del Colle, Italy on a mission to bomb the German Messerschmitt aircraft factory by Regensburg. Shot down by anti-aircraft fire over Slovenia. Five crew members went down with the plane and five parachuted from the severely damaged aircraft. McCord perished in the crash.