Friday, December 20, 2002

WWII vet recounts time as POW to local Civil Air Patrol The Peachtree City-Falcon Field Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol was recently told of a local man's dramatic experience in World War II. Joe B. Maloy, Jr., who joined the military in 1942 when he was 19 years old, reveled the squadron about his last mission as a gunner on a B-24 Liberator on April 29, 1944. Maloy's plane was part of a 1,000-bomber formation over Berlin when his plane was shot down. Maloy parachuted to safety, landing a couple of miles inside Germany where he was kept as a prisoner of war until he was later freed by his captors. After gaining his freedom, Maloy was on the way home when his plane landed at Reims, France and he came to meet and speak briefly with General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Guest speakers like Maloy are frequently invited to address the squadron as part of the Civil Air Patrol's Aerospace Education Program. What do you think of this story? Click here to send a message to the editor. Back to News Home Page | Back to the top of the page