Joseph Henry Dippel
S/Sgt 35715066 614th
Indiana
1922 - 1944
Radio Operator aboard 42-31036 (Nobody's Baby)
Margraten cemetery, Netherlands.
Wall of Missing
1922 - 1944
Joseph was born Feb 2, 1922, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana.
In Oct 21, 1942 he enlisted to the air corps.
In 1943 he arrived in England to join the 401st BG
His last mission, Feb 4, 1944, Target: Frankfurt, after dropping bombs the plane was hit by flak.
They believed to have crashed in the North Sea as no evidence of their crash or bodies were ever found.
He was awarded with an Air Medal and a Purple Heart Medal
In 1944, when Joseph died on the age of 21 he left behind his family :
His father, Frank Dippel, age 47
His mother, Caroline E Dippel, age 52
His brother, Francis Dippel, age 22
His sister, Caroline M Dippel, age 18
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Mission to Frankfurt, germany, At 12:25 the ship was seen to lose altitude and gradually fell back from the formation.
No one knows what happened but the ship did not return to base.
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