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