September 15th 1943

Joe Noyes and his crew take off from Horham Air Base, England. They fly in a group formation with 20 other aircraft assigned to bomb the Billancourt-Renault factory at 6:54pm. For the Eighth Bomber Command this is mission number 95, and the strategic objective today is to destroy key Aviation facilities in France. 152 B-17's are dispatched to attack three targets. For Joe and the nine other crew members of the B-17F "Sitting Bull", this would be their final mission.

Website Features

    • Biographical Data for Joseph Herbert Noyes, Aug 1921-Sep 1943

    • Military Records with information on the crew, aircraft, and missions

    • Document Archive including pictures, letters and official reports

Dedication

This website is dedicated to a young man who served his country honorably, and like so many others from his generation, paid the ultimate sacrifice over sixty years ago. I came to know his story when I was fourteen years old, and randomly found this photograph in a book about the Air War over Europe. I built this website as a memorial and tribute to a man I never knew personally, and I can only hope that as the years pass by and the seasons cycle, his legacy will continue to inspire and educate. I thank you for visiting today!

Kimberly Ann Arthur
Historian, The Flight Officer Project

Acknowledgements

Robert E. Noyes, Sara Baty-Noyes, Donna Davis Flynn, Paul E. Perceful, Col. Harry G. Conley USAF (Ret.), Col. H. Griffin Mumford USAF (Ret.), Col. Daniel Cummins USAF (Ret.), Bob Cozens, W.L. Bergman, Michael Darter, Dennis Sparks, Jacque Glassner, The Marines' Memorial Association, and The 95th Bomb Group Memorial Foundation & Association.

Website Details

Hosted by E-Starr.com, design concept developed thanks to Bulletproof Web Design. Our custom graphics were made with Adobe Photoshop CS3, and our files were coded, compiled, and uploaded using Adobe Dreamweaver CS3.

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Last modified on March 26th 2008 @ 1145 CET