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JOFFE, Joseph Harry - Date of
birth
9 October 1917 -
Age
26 - Place of
birth
Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey -
Hometown
Monmouth County, New Jersey
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-749434 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Navigator -
Unit
326th Bombardment Squadron,
92nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
26 November 1943 - Place of
death
North Sea, off the coast of Langeoog, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Alexander Joffe (father)
Rose M. (Wittenberg) Joffe (mother)
Dora Joffe (sister)
Isidore Joffe (sister)
Hazel Joffe (sister)
Samuel Joffe (brother)
Sidney W. Joffe (brother)
Herbert Joffe (brother)
Irene Joffe (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-30608 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Bremen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the port
MACR: 1386
More information
2nd Lt Joseph H. Joffe was the first in the family to go to college and graduated from Rutgers University. He became a journalist and wrote about sports for newspapers in New Jersey.He enlisted in Trenton, New Jersey on 31 January 1941. He was sent overseas in September 1943.
The existing reports are conflicting but show that anti-aircraft fire was heavy and that there were German fighters in the area, but no one saw the airplane go down. It is assumed that it crashed into the North Sea. The entire crew of ten men was killed.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com
Photo source: FOHF, www.ancestry.com - Rutgers University Yearbook 1940, Alex Joffe - nephew