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Joseph Patrick Kennedy Jr. (July 25, 1915 – August 12, 1944) was a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He was a member of the Kennedy family and the eldest of the nine children born to Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy.
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., the older brother of John F. Kennedy and a U.S. Navy pilot, was killed during a secret bombing mission off Normandy, France, in 1944.
Shortly before 6 p.m., according to author Hank Searls’s biography of Joseph Kennedy Jr., the converted B-24 bomber took off, bound for a suspected Nazi missile site in France.
Seventy years ago, on August 12, 1944, Lieutenant Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. perished in one of the first American fatalities associated with a pilotless aircraft, which we usually know today as a drone or unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
Joe Jr., Kathleen, and John Kennedy, sons and daughter of United States Ambassador to England Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., arrive at the House of Parliament in London to hear Prime Minister Chamberlain's announcement that a state of war existed between England and Germany.
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., the oldest child of Joseph and Rose Kennedy, was born on July 25, 1915. He attended the Choate School in Connecticut and the London School of Economics prior to entering Harvard, from which he graduated cum laude in 1938.
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., the elder brother of U.S President, John F. Kennedy and son of Joseph P. Kennedy, was a US Navy lieutenant. Check out this biography to know more about his childhood, family, personal life, and death.
Joseph Patrick Kennedy Jr. (July 25, 1915 – August 12, 1944) was a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He was a member of the Kennedy family and the eldest of the nine children born to Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy.
The JPKF was established in 1946 by Ambassador and Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy to honor their eldest son Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. and was inspired by their daughter Rosemary Kennedy, who was diagnosed with an Intellectual Disability.
Joseph Kennedy Jr, eldest brother of President John F. Kennedy , was killed in action during World War II and was awarded the Navy Cross. Learn more on this page through facts and photos.