World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Joe A. Gutowsky
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Racine, Wisconsin
Honored By
John Meurs
SERVICE NUMBER 36262079. NOSE GUNNER WITH THE 445TH BOMB GROUP, 701ST BOMB SQUADRON OF THE 8TH ARMY AIR FORCE, BASED IN ENGLAND. ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1944, HIS B-24 (SERIAL NUMBER 42-94940), WAS SHOT DOWN OVER GERMANY BY GERMAN FIGHTERS AFTER A MISSION TO THE SYNTHETIC FUEL PLANT MISBURG, NEAR HANNOVER. SIX CREW MEMBERS, AMONG THEM THE HONOREE, WERE KILLED DURING THE ATTACK OR IN THE CRASH OF THE BOMBER.