Joseph F Gill

World War II · US Army · Second Lieutenant

Source Documents

Record	Events	Title	Source Website	Type	Created
us army air forces emblem.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	29/01/2015
B-24 Crashing.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	29/01/2015
8TH 445TH 700 SQ S MEMORIAL GRANET INFO PANEL.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	29/01/2015
POW.png			Forces War Records	Image	28/01/2015
445th BG Tibenham England.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	28/01/2015
702nd Bomber Squadron.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	28/01/2015
B 24 Liberator over war zone.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	28/01/2015
Salute Veteran.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	28/01/2015
445th 700 BS 701BS 702BS 703BS B24.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	30/01/2015
2LT Joseph F. Gill JR.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	3/02/2015
8th Air Force Patch.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	3/02/2015
Stalat Luft 3 POW.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	10/02/2015
Stalag Luft 3.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	10/02/2015
Stalag-Luft-III-007.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	10/02/2015
great escape.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	10/02/2015
Joseph F Gill family hears about missing son.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	11/02/2015
Joseph Gill telegram.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	11/02/2015
Joseph F Gill Missing.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	11/02/2015
Joseph f Gill mediacal telegram.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	11/02/2015
Stalug Luft 3.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	11/02/2015
Stalag_Luft_III.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	11/02/2015
stalag-luft-iii.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	11/02/2015
gill stalag luft 3.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	12/02/2015
445th BG Heavy Memorial Panel.png			Forces War Records	Image	21/02/2015
order_of_the_purple_heart_apron.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	22/02/2015
u.s.a.a.f. 2nd LT.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	22/02/2015
navigator wings 3.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	23/02/2015
Story of Tail End Charlie B 24_ No 42-7554_Back to Normandy web site.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	23/02/2015
B-24 Crew Positions.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	26/02/2015
Purple-Heart-Black-Bg.gif			Forces War Records	Image	27/01/2015
1993 Story of 2LT Gill Escape Crashing B24.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	26/02/2015
Gill Crew with names in Power Point (2).jpg			Forces War Records	Image	28/02/2015
Tail End Charlie_Remains Tea Spoon Holder jpge.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	3/03/2015
2nd Air Division.png			Forces War Records	Image	15/03/2015
2Lt Gill returned home _ released in April 1944.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	16/03/2015
B24_#42-7554_Bombing Target_Osnabruck, Munsterjpg.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	17/03/2015
445th BG 1943 Deployment to Tibenham Airfield, Norfolk, England.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	18/03/2015
B-24 #42-7554 Tail End Charlie crashed 22 DEC 1943 in Mirns, Netherlands.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	19/03/2015
Joseph F Gill medals.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	20/03/2015
gill medals.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	30/03/2015
B-24 of 8th AF.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	17/04/2015
Tibenham Airfield, England.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	7/05/2015
B-24_#42-7554_Tail End Charlie_Map of final approach path to crash site_Mirns, Netherlands_Cemetery_22 Decemer 1943_.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	8/05/2015
B-24_#42-7554_Tail End Charlie_Map of crash site_Mirns, Netherlands_Cemetery_22 Decemer 1943_.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	8/05/2015
Gone but not forgotten.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	10/05/2015
MACR 15597.jpg resized.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	15/05/2015
2Lt Anthony L. Destro_and best friend 2Lt Joseph F. Gill_Sioux City, Iowa 1943.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	15/05/2015
Standing L to R_2Lt Joseph F. Gill_1Lt John H. Allen_1Lt Sameul M. Ellicott _2lt Anthony L. Destro_ front row kneeling on right SSgt Joseph J. Pavelko_1.13mg.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	15/05/2015
1st man, 2Lt Anthony L. Destro- 4th man, 2Lt Joseph F. Gill_ Sious City, Iowa 1943.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	20/05/2015
2Lt Joseph F. Gill, Jr..jpg			Forces War Records	Image	20/05/2015
21 MAY 2015 Group crew together revised_final_JPG.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	21/05/2015
Letter_2Lt Joseph F. Gill, Jr_03 OCT 1991_page #1.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	1/06/2015
Letter_2Lt Joseph F. Gill, Jr_03 OCT 1991_page #2.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	1/06/2015
Lt Joseph F. Gill, Jr., Found Dangaling From A Tree Seconds Before His B-24 Crashed.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	4/06/2015
Lt. Joseph F. Gill, Jr., story of fixing his jaw..jpg			Forces War Records	Image	5/06/2015
#2 _ Mirns Cemetery where B-24 #42-7554 Tail End Charlie crashed 22 DEC 1943.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	8/06/2015
#1 _ Mirns Cemetery where B-24 #42-7554 Tail End Charlie crashed 22 DEC 1943.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	8/06/2015
2Lt Joseph F. Gill, Jr._B-24 Navigator on #42-7554, Tail End Charlie.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	11/06/2015
Bombing Orders for 22 DEC 1943, Osnabruck, Germany.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	14/06/2015
John Visser and Klaas Visser_medal detector_SSgt Joseph J. Pavelko medal.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	15/06/2015
2Lt Joseph F. Gill, Jr., B-24 Navigator_Cover page.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	16/06/2015
8th air force patch_original.JPG			Forces War Records	Image	19/07/2015
10 FEB 1944_Disposition of Effects for_ Allen _ Destro _ Gill _ Bevins_ Elder_ Henry_ Odom_ page 1 of 2.JPG			Forces War Records	Image	25/07/2015
Joseph F. Gill_Obit.JPG			Forces War Records	Image	31/07/2015
Tibenham church kneeler.JPG 2.JPG			Forces War Records	Image	3/08/2015
Father Schallert_ 30 JULY 2015_updated.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	5/08/2015
2Lt Gill, Joseph, F., Jr., summer 1941, 6MB.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	18/08/2015
Letter _ Leo Bult _ April 2015 _ Page 2 of 2.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	20/08/2015
Letter _ Leo Bul t_ April 2015 _ Page 1 of 2.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	20/08/2015
2Lt Joseph F. Gill, Jr., B-24 Navigator on # 42-7554 , Tail End Charlie.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	26/08/2015
6 _ Gill grave marker.jpg RESIZED.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	27/08/2015
Gill_Large grave marker.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	27/08/2015
04 AUG 2015_Leo Bult Letter.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	20/09/2015
2LT Joseph F. Gill, Jr., medals.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	1/10/2015
2LT Joseph F. Gill, Jr._7.19MB_ No Color Restoration.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	20/10/2015
2LT Joseph F. Gill, Jr._7.19MB_ No Color Restoration.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	20/10/2015
2Lt Joseph F. Gill, Jr._barracks background_6.32MB.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	20/10/2015
June 1942, 2Lt Joseph F. Gill at end of line, head forward_5.38MB.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	20/10/2015
2LT Joseph F. Gill, Jr_double portriate_8.95MB.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	20/10/2015
Leo Bult_George Keulen's visit to Auckland, New Zealand_ photos_30 SEPT 2015.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	20/10/2015
2LT Joseph F. Gil, Jr._Navigator on B-24 #42-7554_ 445th BG_ 702nd BS_POW Survivor_ created by Anthony L. Destro II.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	22/11/2015
Mirns, Friesland, Netherlands_ Memorial Information Panel_B-24 #42-7554_officially installed on 11 NOV 2015 during Memorial & Commemoration service.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	25/11/2015
GILL_Post Card from POW Camp.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	17/05/2016
Joseph F Gill	Birth, Custom, Death, People	US, Social Security Death Index	Forces War Records	Index Record	3/09/2008
James C Owens			Forces War Records	Memorial	27/11/2008
Oscar Robbins			Forces War Records	Memorial	31/07/2011
John H Allen			Forces War Records	Memorial	1/11/2013
Anthony L Destro			Forces War Records	Memorial	31/10/2013
Erwin J Bevins Jr			Forces War Records	Memorial	27/11/2008
Harry L Henry			Forces War Records	Memorial	27/11/2008
Everett M Odom			Forces War Records	Memorial	27/11/2008
John R Elder			Forces War Records	Memorial	1/11/2013
Joseph J Pavelko			Forces War Records	Memorial	8/04/2013
Jan Keulen			Forces War Records	Memorial	20/09/2015

Source URLs

URL	Events	Description
2LT Joseph F Gill (1918 - 2001) - Find A Grave Memorial
B-24H-1-FO - #42-7554
The Story of “Tail End Charlie”
B-24H-1-FO - #42-7554 Tail End Charlie lost at Mirns - Bakhuizen on 22-12-1943 (SGLO ref: T3256)
Co-pilots Post War DeBrief
Getting Started - new_445BG
MACR Summary - new_445BG		445th BG lists #42-7554 shot down
Getting Started - new_445BG		2LT Gill listed in 702nd BS records
Joseph F Gill Jr : World War II POW : Germany		POW at Stalug Luft 3
Military Hall of Honor \| Your online source to identify and honor every man and woman, dead or alive, that has honorably served, or is serving, in the US Armed Forces from 1775 to present. \| MilitaryHallofHonor.com		B-24 Navigator, 2Lt Joseph F. Gill, Jr. Crash survivor & POW survivor
"How Remarkable", story about 2Lt Joseph F. Gill, Jr., broken jaw during his WW 2 B-24 crash in Holland.. "How Remarkable"		"How Remarkable", story about 2Lt Joseph F. Gill, Jr., broken jaw during his WW 2 B-24 crash in Holland.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=141463478
http://www.heritageleague.org/brian/54.pdf
http://media.nara.gov/nw/305270/EE-2946.pdf
http://www.teunispats.net/t3256.htm
https://100thbg.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=299:how-remarkable&catid=25&Itemid=581
http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=68335
http://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/b-24-liberator/B-2411238.html