Joe Edward Boswell (1921 - 1943)

Born 14 Nov 1921 in De Leon, Comanche, Texas, United States

Died 1 Aug 1943 at age 21 in Ploiești, Prahova, Romania

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Biography

Joe Boswell was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States).

Joe Boswell was awarded the Purple Heart.

Joe Boswell was awarded the Air Medal.

Flight Officer Joe Boswell served in the United States Army Air Forces in World War II
Service started: 8 Jul 1940
Unit(s): 328th Bombardment Squadron, 93rd Bombardment Group, Ninth Air Force
Service ended: 1 Aug 1943

Flight Officer Joe Boswell was Killed in Action over Romania in Operation Tidal Wave during World War II.

Joe was born 14 November 1921 in De Leon, Texas. He was the son of John Thomas Boswell and Clara Nabors.^[1]

He was killed in action when the B-24 bomber, Euroclydon The Storm, he was the co-pilot of took a direct anti-aircraft hit over the target in Ploesti Rumania during Operation Tidal Wave on 1 August 1943.^[2]. He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for the mission.

• 1930 - Precinct 5, Comanche, Texas, United States.^[3]
• 1940 - Justice Precinct 5, Comanche, Texas, United States.^[4]

Find A Grave: Memorial #60944972

Sources

1. ↑ "Texas, Comanche County Records, 1858-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGN4-TMZV : 28 November 2020), Joe Edward Boswell, 14 Nov 1921; citing Birth, 14 Nov 1921, De Leon, Comanche, Texas, United States, Comanche County Clerk, Texas.
2. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K383-966 : 13 March 2018), Joe Edward Boswell, 01 Aug 1943; citing certificate number 4608, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,242,622.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CW64-VN2 : accessed 15 December 2020), Joe E Boswell in household of Mrs. Clara Boswell, Precinct 5, Comanche, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 14, sheet 7A, line 20, family 127, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2311; FHL microfilm 2,342,045.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWJN-666 : 29 January 2020), Joe E Boswell in household of Clara Boswell, Justice Precinct 5, Comanche, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 47-15, sheet 1A, line 37, family 13, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4011.

• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K852-ZGB : 5 December 2014), Joe E Boswell, enlisted 08 Jul 1940, Kelly Field, Texas, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
• National Archives at Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Applications for Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941; NAID: A1, 2110-C; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General. Ancestry.com. U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Ancestry Record 2375 #708201
• Texans Listed As Missing In Action, Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana, Texas, 28 Aug 1943, Sat • Page 8 Joe's final letter home that was mailed after he did not return from Ploesti.
• The Kerrville Times, Kerrville, Texas, 25 Nov 1943, Thu • Page 5
• Decoration Given De Leon Pilot Lost in Ploesti Raid, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas, 02 Dec 1943, Thu • Page 9
• American Air Museum in Britain - Joe E. Boswell