A Pilot Named Joe is dedicated to the Joe Noyes Crew who flew combat missions with the 95th Bomb Group (H), Eighth Air Force during the Second World War. Their B-17 Flying Fortress was lost on Sep. 15, 1943 while returning from a daylight bomb raid to Paris. Nine airmen are still Missing in Action. Only one crew member returned home to be buried after the war ended. He was the pilot named Joe; our website namesake.
Acknowledgements
With gratitude to Joe’s loved ones
Robert E. Noyes, Sara Baty Noyes, Matt Noyes, Tom J. Noyes, Elizabeth Noyes Trunkey, John Noyes, Lori Noyes Norton, Tami Noyes Wiegand, and Donna Davis Flynn.
Other kind supporters
W.L. Bergman, Col. Harry M. Conley, USAF (Ret.), Col. H. Griffin Mumford, USAF (Ret.), Lt. Col. Robert C. Cozens, USAF (Ret.), Flight Officer Paul E. Perceful, USAF, Gerald Grove, Bob Rosenzweig, Brad Petrella, Rob Morris, Col. Daniel Cummins, USAF (Ret.), Michael Darter, Dennis Sparks, Richard E. Flagg, Bill Murchison, Mary Pirtle (David F. Prees), Marguerite M. Rice, Anna Villanueva, Ayden Alley, Keith B. Taylor, Gregory Blair Rice, Vian A. (Conley) Cafaro, Charles I. Nelson, Ken McPherson, Marc Eskenazi (son of Jack Eskenazi, a B-26 pilot), Michael Stevenson (writing the story of Howard R. Stanbery), John Burgan (great nephew of Robert J. Nicholson), Garry Miller (son of Harry S. Miller, a WW2 pilot), Carl, from the same hometown as TSgt. Billie Clapper, and Terry Hirsch, volunteer researcher, Milwaukee War Memorial Center.
My sincere appreciation also extends to The Hudson Reporter, The Marines’ Memorial Association, The Boeing Company, and Squadron Posters who created a B-17 poster in honor of the Joe Noyes Crew.
Last but not least, thanks to the 95th Bomb Group (H) memorials foundation.