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Personal info

Full name
DUBE, Joseph Louis Philippe
Date of birth
10 June 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
Hometown
Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

Military service

Service number
11040100
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Top Turret Gunner
Unit
422nd Bombardment Squadron,
305th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 July 1943
Place of death
Lieusaint, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 20 14

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Dube (father)
Elvine Dube (mother)
Marie C. Dube (sister)
Euclide Dube (brother)
Alice M. Dube (sister)
Albert Dube (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-3049
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Windy City Challenger
Destination: Vélizy-Villacoublay, France
Mission: Bombing of the airfield
MACR: 64

More information

Joseph L. P. Dube was a textile weaver.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States in Manchester, New Hampshire on 1 July 1942.

Enemy aircraft fire hit #3 engine, setting it on fire. The airplane fell out of formation, flaming from the cockpit.

Four crew members survived and were taken prisoner, seven men were killed.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.fold3.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy