Barta, Joseph Francis

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Barta, Joseph Francis ‡ ⇗
Rank	Technical Sergeant
Serial Number	31148958 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #56 Dated 25 July 1943, effective 25 July 1943.
Duty	Radio Operator / Gunner
MOS	757 - Radio Operator / Mechanic / Gunner, AAF
Last Duty Date	17 August 1943
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf [actually Gneixendorf] Near Krems Austria 48-15
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 24 February 1908
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 294⇓ (1.307 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Sweningsen, Oliver (NMI), Jr⇗	Pilot	POW
2nd Lt. Stewart, Carlos Penfield⇗	Co-pilot	POW
2nd Lt. Cawley, Thomas Francis⇗	Bombardier	POW
T/SGT. Barta, Joseph Francis	Radio Operator / Gunner	POW
T/SGT. Bartholomew, Everett Laverne⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Ralph, Robert Edward⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	KIA
S/SGT. Grover, Richard Stanley⇗	Tail Gunner	KIA
S/SGT. Dillingham, Desmond Quinton⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Weatherford, Louie Frank⇗	Flexible Gunner	EV

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 4 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
14⇗	12 August 1943	Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑29768⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
15⇗	15 August 1943	Target: Poix-en-Picardie and Amiens-Glisy Airfields Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Poix-de-Picardie & Amiens, France	Radio Operator	42‑29768⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
16⇗	16 August 1943	Target: Le Bourget Airport & Air Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France	Radio Operator	42‑3459⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
17⇗	17 August 1943	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑30139⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Damaged by flak; crashed near Stangenroth (Bad Kissingen area), Germany. MACR 294 Sortie Report⇗

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